cadran solaire
\ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“cadran solaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument servant à mesurer le temps grâce à l’ombre d’un style projetée par le Soleil sur une surface plane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cadran-solaire · cadran solaire · French
cadran solaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « cadran solaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cadran solaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.dʁɑ̃ sɔ.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadran solaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelle main sacrilège tourna sur son socle la dalle d’ardoise du cadran solaire, qui marque midi à deux heures moins le quart ?
Ce qu’il faut imaginer aussi, c’est le temps, le temps immobile des gens qui ont le temps. Même après Vaucanson, on se servait toujours du cadran solaire, cet instrument délicieusement sujet à caution, à interprétation, à discussion, à démission, parfaitement muet au surplus et qui ne parle que si on l’interroge.
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.