cardinalité

\kaʁ.di.na.li.te\

/\kaʁ.di.na.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“cardinalité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété des ensembles, y compris infinis, qui généralise la notion de nombre d’éléments applicable aux ensembles finis : deux ensembles ont la même cardinalité (ou le même cardinal) s’ils sont en...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cardinalite · cardinalité · French

cardinalité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for cardinalité
PropertyValue
Headwordcardinalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.di.na.li.te\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cardinalité » en français

cardinalitéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cardinalité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.di.na.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for cardinalité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cardinalité, spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété des ensembles, y compris infinis, qui généralise la notion de nombre d’éléments applicable aux ensembles finis : deux ensembles ont la même cardinalité (ou le même cardinal) s’ils sont en bijection.
  2. 2
    Dans la modélisation d’une base de données, description d’une relation entre des entités.
  3. 3
    Fonctions relatives au statut de cardinal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Premièrement, il faut choisir des champs qui ont une forte cardinalité (c’est-à-dire la plus grande variabilité possible des valeurs entre les enregistrements).

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cardinalité"?
"cardinalité" is spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.di.na.li.te\.
What does "cardinalité" mean?
As a noun, "cardinalité" means: Propriété des ensembles, y compris infinis, qui généralise la notion de nombre d’éléments applicable aux ensembles finis : deux ensembles ont la même cardinalité (ou le même cardinal) s’ils sont en...
How do you pronounce "cardinalité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cardinalité" is \kaʁ.di.na.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cardinalité" come from?
"cardinalité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list