carte de crédit

\kaʁt də kʁe.di\

/\kaʁt də kʁe.di\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
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 une marge de crédit et servant à acheter des biens ou des services sur place ou à distance.

Key facts for carte de crédit
PropertyValue
Headwordcarte de crédit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁt də kʁe.di\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carte de crédit” sits in French frequency

carte de crédit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

carte de crédit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁt də kʁe.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à une marge de crédit et servant à acheter des biens ou des services sur place ou à distance.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carte de crédit, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is carte de crédit, spelled C-A-R-T-E- -D-E- -C-R-É-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à une marge de crédit et servant à acheter des biens ou des services sur place ou à distance.

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 "carte de crédit"?
"carte de crédit" is spelled C-A-R-T-E- -D-E- -C-R-É-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁt də kʁe.di\.
What does "carte de crédit" mean?
As a noun, "carte de crédit" means: Carte en plastique comportant une bande magnétique ou une puce intégrée correspondant à une marge de crédit et servant à acheter des biens ou des services sur place ou à distance.
How do you pronounce "carte de crédit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carte de crédit" is \kaʁt də kʁe.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carte de crédit" come from?
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Using “carte de crédit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-T-E- -D-E- -C-R-É-D-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kaʁt də kʁe.di\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list