Cadillac
\ka.di.jak\
The verdict
“Cadillac” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,659 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #20,659
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune située dans le département de la Gironde, en France.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cadillac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.di.jak\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cadillac” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Cadillac is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.di.jak\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,659 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cadillac, with forms such as "acdillac", "caddillac", and "cadilac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Camilla", "casillas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cadillac, spelled C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C.
Definition
- 1Commune située dans le département de la Gironde, en France.
- 2Localité du département de la Dordogne, en France.
- 3Ancienne ville québécoise, désormais secteur de la ville de Rouyn-Noranda ^([1]) depuis le 1ᵉʳ janvier 2002.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acdillac,caddillac,cadilac,cadilalc,cadillacc,cadillca,cadlilac,caidllac,ccadillac,cdaillac
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cadillac - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Cadillac”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.di.jak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Camilla” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cadillac vs Camilla
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.