carte mémoire

\kaʁt me.mwaʁ\

/\kaʁt me.mwaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de stockage de données numériques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carte-memoire · carte mémoire · French

carte mémoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 carte mémoire
PropertyValue
Headwordcarte mémoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁt me.mwaʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carte mémoire” sits in French frequency

carte mémoire 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 mémoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁt me.mwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for carte mémoire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 mémoire, spelled C-A-R-T-E- -M-É-M-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de stockage de données numériques.
  2. 2
    Une fiche cartonnée comportant une question et la réponse au dos, utilisé dans la technique d'apprentissage par répétition espacée.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carte mémoire"?
"carte mémoire" is spelled C-A-R-T-E- -M-É-M-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁt me.mwaʁ\.
What does "carte mémoire" mean?
As a noun, "carte mémoire" means: Unité de stockage de données numériques.
How do you pronounce "carte mémoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carte mémoire" is \kaʁt me.mwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carte mémoire" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list