card

\kɑːɹd\

/\kɑːɹd\/ noun

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The verdict

“card” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,677
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-card · card · French

card · rank #18,677 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,677
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cagnotte

Nearest frequency peer: cagnotte (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « card »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « card » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

card vs CD
0% similar
card vs CR
0% similar
card vs cas
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for card
PropertyValue
Headwordcard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑːɹd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,677
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « card »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cagnotte » (#18,676), « cendrillon » (#18,678), « brother » (#18,675). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « card » est au #18,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around card (IPA \kɑːɹd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,677 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for card, with forms such as "acrd", "cadr", and "cardd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CD", "CR", "cas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is card, spelled C-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carte.
  2. 2
    Carte à jouer, carte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A deck of cards has four suits with 13 cards in each suit: two through ten, jack, queen, king, and ace.

Synonyms

playing card

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrd
  • cadr
  • cardd
  • carrd
  • ccard
  • crad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of card - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acrd2cadr2cardd1carrd1ccard1crad2
Edit distance from "card"

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 "card"?
"card" is spelled C-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑːɹd\.
What does "card" mean?
As a noun, "card" means: Carte.
What words are commonly confused with "card"?
"card" is commonly confused with "CD", "CR", "cas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "card"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "card" is \kɑːɹd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "card" come from?
"card" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "card", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conf#18,692dell#18,710Albi#18,640alba#18,639

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bonnie6 variantsautos6 variantsAllison6 variantsagace6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list