cardioïde
\kaʁ.djɔ.id\
The verdict
“cardioïde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un cœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cardioide · cardioïde · French
cardioïde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardioïde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kaʁ.djɔ.id\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cardioïde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cardioïde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kaʁ.djɔ.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la forme d’un cœur.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cardioïde in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cardioïde, spelled C-A-R-D-I-O-Ï-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’un cœur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cardioïde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lettre à M. de Montagny, Professeur de Philosophie dans l’Université de Lausanne, & de la Société Royale, sur la Courbe cardioïde, ainsi nommée de sa figure. Par M. J. Castillon. — (Transactions Philosophiques de la Société Royale de Londres, 1741)
Synonyms
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.