cadis

\ka.di\

/\ka.di\/ noun

The verdict

“cadis” is uncommon French (frequency #96,715 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,715
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe de laine croisée et à grains employée en Provence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadis · cadis · French

cadis · rank #96,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,715
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cacharel

Nearest frequency peer: cacharel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cadis »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cadis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cadis
PropertyValue
Headwordcadis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.di\
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cadis » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cadistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cacharel » (#96,714), « caio » (#96,716), « calent » (#96,717). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cadis » est au #96,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cadis is uncommon French at frequency #96,715 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cadis, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cadis, spelled C-A-D-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étoffe de laine croisée et à grains employée en Provence.
  2. 2
    Serge de bas prix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cadis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vraiment il avait belle mine, ce Valmajour, planté au milieu du cirque, sa veste de cadis jaune sur l’épaule, autour des reins sa taillole d’un rouge vif tranchant sur l’empois blanc du linge.
  2. Il y avait dans l’auditoire un riche marchand retiré, un peu usurier, nommé M. Geborand, lequel avait gagné deux millions à fabriquer de gros draps, des serges, des cadis et des gasquets.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadis"?
"cadis" is spelled C-A-D-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.di\.
What does "cadis" mean?
As a noun, "cadis" means: Étoffe de laine croisée et à grains employée en Provence.
How do you pronounce "cadis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadis" is \ka.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cadis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list