cafardisme

\ka.faʁ.dism\

/\ka.faʁ.dism\/ noun

The verdict

“cafardisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande hypocrisie, en particulier dans le domaine religieux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cafardisme · cafardisme · French

cafardisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for cafardisme
PropertyValue
Headwordcafardisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.faʁ.dism\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cafardisme » en français

cafardismereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cafardisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.faʁ.dism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande hypocrisie, en particulier dans le domaine religieux.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cafardisme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cafardisme, spelled C-A-F-A-R-D-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande hypocrisie, en particulier dans le domaine religieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Que le cafardisme et la dureté des caractère soient considérés comme des défauts qui donnent aussi bien que l’immoralité, l’exclusion de ce bel état (la prêtrise).
  2. Gouvernement, administrations publiques, évêché, fonctionnaires, moines et curés, continuent à s’entendre à merveille pour le plus grand bien de la Congrégation, en particulier, et du cafardisme en général.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cafardisme"?
"cafardisme" is spelled C-A-F-A-R-D-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.faʁ.dism\.
What does "cafardisme" mean?
As a noun, "cafardisme" means: Grande hypocrisie, en particulier dans le domaine religieux.
How do you pronounce "cafardisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cafardisme" is \ka.faʁ.dism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cafardisme" come from?
"cafardisme" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list