candida
\kɑ̃.di.da\
The verdict
“candida” is uncommon French (frequency #59,864 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,864
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de candider.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candida · candida · French
candida · rank #59,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,864
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH campan
Nearest frequency peer: campan (-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 « candida »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cairo
Cairo
40,140 corpus weight
- calorifique
calorifique
40,139 corpus weight
- campan
campan
40,138 corpus weight
- candida
candida
40,137 corpus weight
- caquistes
caquistes
40,136 corpus weight
- caracalla
caracalla
40,135 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « candida » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candida |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.di.da\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « candida » en français
Rare enough to double-check
candida is uncommon French at frequency #59,864 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɑ̃.di.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de candider.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for candida, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is candida, spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de candider.
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 "candida"?
What does "candida" mean?
How do you pronounce "candida"?
What language does "candida" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "candida", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).