cadran solaire
\ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“cadran solaire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument servant à mesurer le temps grâce à l’ombre d’un style projetée par le Soleil sur une surface plane.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadran solaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cadran solaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cadran solaire is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Instrument servant à mesurer le temps grâce à l’ombre d’un style projetée par le Soleil sur une surface plane.".
cadran solaire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cadran solaire, spelled C-A-D-R-A-N- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument servant à mesurer le temps grâce à l’ombre d’un style projetée par le Soleil sur une surface plane.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-D-R-A-N- -S-O-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.