capacité de charge

\ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\

/\ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“capacité de charge” 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 September 3, 2026) - Taille maximale de la population d’un organisme qu’un milieu donné peut supporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capacite-de-charge · capacité de charge · French

capacité de charge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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 capacité de charge
PropertyValue
Headwordcapacité de charge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « capacité de charge » en français

capacité de chargereste 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

capacité de charge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taille maximale de la population d’un organisme qu’un milieu donné peut supporter.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for capacité de charge, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is capacité de charge, spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-É- -D-E- -C-H-A-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taille maximale de la population d’un organisme qu’un milieu donné peut supporter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À l’origine, définie par les biologistes ou les agronomes pastoralistes, la capacité de charge désigne le nombre (maximum ou optimum selon les définitions) d’animaux qu’un territoire donné peut tolérer sans que la ressource végétale ou le sol ne subissent de dégradation irrémédiable.

Synonyms

capacité biotiquecapacité de soutiencapacité limitecapacité porteuse

This word in other languages

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 "capacité de charge"?
"capacité de charge" is spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-É- -D-E- -C-H-A-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\.
What does "capacité de charge" mean?
As a noun, "capacité de charge" means: Taille maximale de la population d’un organisme qu’un milieu donné peut supporter.
How do you pronounce "capacité de charge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capacité de charge" is \ka.pa.si.te də ʃaʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capacité de charge" come from?
"capacité de charge" 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