carte bleue
\kaʁ.tə blø\
The verdict
“carte bleue” 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 May 6, 2026) - Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à un compte bancaire et utilisée pour acheter des biens ou des services.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carte bleue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.tə blø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carte bleue” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carte bleue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.tə blø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à un compte bancaire et utilisée pour acheter des biens ou des services.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carte bleue, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carte bleue, spelled C-A-R-T-E- -B-L-E-U-E.
Definition
- 1Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à un compte bancaire et utilisée pour acheter des biens ou des services.
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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 “carte bleue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-T-E- -B-L-E-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʁ.tə blø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.