cadrer

\kɑ.dʁe\

/\kɑ.dʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“cadrer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,324
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadrer · cadrer · French

cadrer · rank #32,324 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,324
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bénédictions

Nearest frequency peer: bénédictions (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadrer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cadrer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cadrer vs care
67% similar
cadrer vs carr
67% similar
cadrer vs carré
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cadrer
PropertyValue
Headwordcadrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɑ.dʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,324
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadrer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cadrerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bénédictions » (#32,323), « Caesar » (#32,325), « bâtonnier » (#32,322). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cadrer » est au #32,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cadrer (IPA \kɑ.dʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,324 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadrer, with forms such as "acdrer", "caddrer", and "caderr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "care", "carr", "carré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cadrer, spelled C-A-D-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis une semaine, ayant strictement rien à maquiller, elle venait de filer le tarin dans une série de volumes, hérités, avec le toutim, du baronnet, et qu’elle avait jusqu’alors conservés, bicause les reliures qui cadraient parfaitement avec les boiseries de la bibliothèque.
  2. La bassesse d’un mauvais perdant, usant de l’injure pour se venger, ne cadrait pas avec les codes du personnage.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acdrer
  • caddrer
  • caderr
  • cadrerr
  • cadrrer
  • carder
  • ccadrer
  • cdarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadrer - 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.

acdrer2caddrer1caderr2cadrerr1cadrrer1carder2ccadrer1cdarer2
Edit distance from "cadrer"

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 "cadrer"?
"cadrer" is spelled C-A-D-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ.dʁe\.
What does "cadrer" mean?
As a verb, "cadrer" means: S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport.
What words are commonly confused with "cadrer"?
"cadrer" is commonly confused with "care", "carr", "carré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadrer" is \kɑ.dʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadrer" come from?
"cadrer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list