cafarde
\ka.faʁd\
The verdict
“cafarde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de cafard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cafarde · cafarde · French
cafarde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cafarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.faʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cafarde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cafarde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.faʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de cafard.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cafarde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cafarde, spelled C-A-F-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de cafard.
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.