carder
\kaʁ.de\
The verdict
“carder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peigner avec des cardes ou, jadis, avec des cardères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carder · carder · French
carder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | carder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
carder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kaʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carder, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carder, spelled C-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Peigner avec des cardes ou, jadis, avec des cardères.
- 2Se bagarrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lits n’ont pas de traversin, mais deux oreillers plats que l’on superpose ; ils sont généralement fort durs, quoique la laine en soit bonne ; mais on n’est pas dans l’habitude de carder les matelas, on en retourne seulement la laine au bout de deux bâtons.
Les femmes, qui sont de taille moyenne et plutôt trapues, portent une robe en vadmel, sorte de flanelle tissée avec la laine qu’elles-mêmes ont cardée et filée.
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.