caractère spécial
\ka.ʁak.tɛʁ spe.sjal\
The verdict
“caractère spécial” 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 September 3, 2026) - Caractère qui n’est pas alphanumérique, ni caractère de contrôle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caractere-special · caractère spécial · French
caractère spécial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caractère spécial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ spe.sjal\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caractère spécial » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caractère spécial is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ spe.sjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère qui n’est pas alphanumérique, ni caractère de contrôle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caractère spécial, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is caractère spécial, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E- -S-P-É-C-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Caractère qui n’est pas alphanumérique, ni caractère de contrôle.
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.