caducité

\ka.dy.si.te\

/\ka.dy.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“caducité” is uncommon French (frequency #95,647 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,647
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieillesse débile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caducite · caducité · French

caducité · rank #95,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,647
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadastres

Nearest frequency peer: cadastres (-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 « caducité »

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 « caducité » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caducité
PropertyValue
Headwordcaducité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.dy.si.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,647
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « caducité » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).caducitétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cadastres » (#95,646), « cageots » (#95,648), « buvettes » (#95,643). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caducité » est au #95,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caducité is uncommon French at frequency #95,647 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.dy.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

caducité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caducité, spelled C-A-D-U-C-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vieillesse débile.
  2. 2
    État de ce qui est caduc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La caducité commence vers soixante-dix ans; la décrépitude la suit : le corps s'affaisse ; les forces des muscles ne sont plus proportionnées les unes aux autres ; la tête chancelle ; la main tremble ; […].
  2. C’était le seul vieillard qui éprouvât du plaisir à voir un jeune homme, l’amour paternel trompait sa caducité par la contemplation d’une si brillante vie.

Synonyms

déshérence

This word in other languages

caducity(English)caducidad(Español)Gebrechlichkeit(Deutsch)

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 "caducité"?
"caducité" is spelled C-A-D-U-C-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dy.si.te\.
What does "caducité" mean?
As a noun, "caducité" means: Vieillesse débile.
How do you pronounce "caducité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caducité" is \ka.dy.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caducité" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

buvettes#95,643captieux#95,657brisants#95,627caudalie#95,671

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list