carde

\kaʁd\

/\kaʁd\/ noun

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The verdict

“carde” is uncommon French (frequency #82,768 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,768
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nervure médiane des feuilles du cardon ou de la bette, plantes cultivées pour servir d’aliment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carde · carde · French

carde · rank #82,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,768
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caractériel

Nearest frequency peer: caractériel (-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 « carde »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « carde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carde
PropertyValue
Headwordcarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carde » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cardetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « caractériel » (#82,767), « cardiologues » (#82,769), « capitalisant » (#82,766). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carde » est au #82,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carde is uncommon French at frequency #82,768 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carde, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carde, spelled C-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nervure médiane des feuilles du cardon ou de la bette, plantes cultivées pour servir d’aliment.
  2. 2
    Nom donné à la plante elle-même.
  3. 3
    Côte, bonne à manger, des feuilles de poirée.
  4. 4
    Tête épineuse de la cardère ou chardon à foulon, qu’on employait pour carder la laine.
  5. 5
    Instrument dont on se servait pour carder les cheveux destinés à garnir une perruque ou pour nettoyer les limes encrassées.
  6. 6
    Machine garnie de chardons à foulon pour peigner le drap.
  7. 7
    Peigne de cardeur, formé d’une planchette à manche, laquelle était garnie, d’un côté, de pointes de fil d’archal très fin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avec ses 400 tonnes, le cardon est resté à l’ombre de l’artichaut. Et sa production se concentre donc tout naturellement en région Rhône-Alpes. Avec une petite touche provençale, où le légume est souvent appelé carde.
  2. Une botte de cardes de poirée ou de cardes poirées.

Synonyms

bette

This word in other languages

chard(English)carda(Español)Karde(Deutsch)carda(Português)

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 "carde"?
"carde" is spelled C-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁd\.
What does "carde" mean?
As a noun, "carde" means: Nervure médiane des feuilles du cardon ou de la bette, plantes cultivées pour servir d’aliment.
How do you pronounce "carde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carde" is \kaʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list