carte perforée
\kaʁt pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“carte perforée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carton percé de trous qui représentent des données.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carte-perforee · carte perforée · French
carte perforée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carte perforée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁt pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carte perforée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carte perforée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁt pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carte perforée, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carte perforée, spelled C-A-R-T-E- -P-E-R-F-O-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Carton percé de trous qui représentent des données.
- 2Carte percée de trous, les cartes attachées les unes aux autres déterminent l’exécution du dessin sur un métier à tisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carte perforée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant l’apparition des supports magnétiques, les programmes d’ordinateur étaient stockés sur des cartes perforées.
Les deux machines lisaient des programmes sur cartes perforées et elles n’avaient ni écran graphique, ni souris, juste un clavier et des cartes perforée.
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.