caisse de retraite
\kɛs də ʁə.tʁɛt\
The verdict
“caisse de retraite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caisse servant à alimenter et effectuer des versements de retraites de salariés ou de travailleurs indépendants, par un procédé de capitalisation ou de répartition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caisse de retraite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛs də ʁə.tʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caisse de retraite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caisse de retraite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛs də ʁə.tʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caisse servant à alimenter et effectuer des versements de retraites de salariés ou de travailleurs indépendants, par un procédé de capitalisation ou de répartition.".
caisse de retraite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caisse de retraite, spelled C-A-I-S-S-E- -D-E- -R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Caisse servant à alimenter et effectuer des versements de retraites de salariés ou de travailleurs indépendants, par un procédé de capitalisation ou de répartition.
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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.
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Using “caisse de retraite”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-A-I-S-S-E- -D-E- -R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.