cadette

/\ka.dɛt\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,505

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

cadette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chacune des sœurs qui viennent après l’aîné par ordre de naissance. Pronounced \ka.dɛt\. Often confused with cette and carotte.

Key facts for cadette
PropertyValue
Headwordcadette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.dɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,505
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cadette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cadette is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.dɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,505 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadette, with forms such as "acdette", "caddette", and "cadete". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cette", "carotte", "Colette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cadette, spelled C-A-D-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des sœurs qui viennent après l’aîné par ordre de naissance.
  2. 2
    Sœur par rapport à un frère ou à une sœur qui précède par ordre de naissance.
  3. 3
    Fille née l’avant-dernière parmi les enfants → voir benjamine.
  4. 4
    L'enfant dont l'âge se situe entre celui de deux personnes qui sont frère ou sœur.
  5. 5
    Personne plus jeune qu’une autre.
  6. 6
    Jeune sportive, plutôt vers la fin de l’adolescence.
  7. 7
    Petite pierre de taille destinée au pavage.
  8. 8
    Petite queue de billard.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acdette,caddette,cadete,cadetet,cadtete,caedtte,ccadette,cdaette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cadette

Misspelling Variants of "cadette"

acdette7caddette8cadete6cadetet7cadtete7caedtte7ccadette8cdaette7
Misspelling Variants of "cadette"

Frequency rank: #22,505 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadette"?
"cadette" is spelled C-A-D-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dɛt\.
What does "cadette" mean?
As a noun, "cadette" means: Chacune des sœurs qui viennent après l’aîné par ordre de naissance.
What words are commonly confused with "cadette"?
"cadette" is commonly confused with "cette", "carotte", "Colette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadette" is \ka.dɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadette" come from?
"cadette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.