carré de sable
\kɑ.ʁe də sabl\
The verdict
“carré de sable” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enclos de forme carré rempli de sable destiné à y faire jouer les jeunes enfants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carré de sable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ.ʁe də sabl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carré de sable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carré de sable is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɑ.ʁe də sabl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enclos de forme carré rempli de sable destiné à y faire jouer les jeunes enfants.".
carré de sable has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is carré de sable, spelled C-A-R-R-É- -D-E- -S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Enclos de forme carré rempli de sable destiné à y faire jouer les jeunes enfants.
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.
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Using “carré de sable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-R-É- -D-E- -S-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɑ.ʁe də sabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.