caractère durable
\ka.ʁak.tɛʁ dy.ʁabl\
The verdict
“caractère durable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Durabilité, fait d’être durable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caractère durable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ dy.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caractère durable” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caractère durable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ dy.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Durabilité, fait d’être durable.".
Zero misspellings are on record for caractère durable in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 caractère durable, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E- -D-U-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Durabilité, fait d’être durable.
Synonyms
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 “caractère durable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E- -D-U-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.