candela par mètre carré

\kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\

/\kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“candela par mètre carré” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de la luminance du Système international, définie par l’intensité lumineuse en candelas divisée par la surface en mètres carrés, utilisée pour des sources lumineuses étendues comme ...

Key facts for candela par mètre carré
PropertyValue
Headwordcandela par mètre carré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “candela par mètre carré” sits in French frequency

candela par mètre carré falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for candela par mètre carré is 23 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unité de mesure de la luminance du Système international, définie par l’intensité lumineuse en candelas divisée par la surface en mètres carrés, utilisée pour des sources lumineuses étendues comme ...".

No misspelling variants are generated for candela par mètre carré in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is candela par mètre carré, spelled C-A-N-D-E-L-A- -P-A-R- -M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de la luminance du Système international, définie par l’intensité lumineuse en candelas divisée par la surface en mètres carrés, utilisée pour des sources lumineuses étendues comme des écrans. Le symbole : cd/m².

Synonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "candela par mètre carré"?
"candela par mètre carré" is spelled C-A-N-D-E-L-A- -P-A-R- -M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\.
What does "candela par mètre carré" mean?
As a noun, "candela par mètre carré" means: Unité de mesure de la luminance du Système international, définie par l’intensité lumineuse en candelas divisée par la surface en mètres carrés, utilisée pour des sources lumineuses étendues comme ...
How do you pronounce "candela par mètre carré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "candela par mètre carré" is \kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “candela par mètre carré”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-N-D-E-L-A- -P-A-R- -M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɑ̃.de.la paʁ mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: 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.

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