cartes

\kaʁt\

/\kaʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“cartes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,766
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de carte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cartes · cartes · French

cartes · rank #1,766 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,766
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH battre

Nearest frequency peer: battre (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cartes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cartes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cartes vs cats
67% similar
cartes vs côtes
67% similar
cartes vs créés
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cartes
PropertyValue
Headwordcartes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,766
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cartes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cartesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « battre » (#1,765), « coût » (#1,767), « autrement » (#1,764). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cartes » est au #1,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cartes (IPA \kaʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,766 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de carte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartes, with forms such as "acrtes", "carets", and "carrtes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cats", "côtes", "créés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cartes, spelled C-A-R-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de carte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cartes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Penser contre la sophistique c’est prendre, au moins comme idée directrice, le pari d’un travail inverse sur le savoir : travail de sabotage visant à le rendre malpropre à la consommation et inutile à la domination : travail pour décalibrer la marchandise, arracher les pancartes, déflécher les voies ; restituer aux carrefours forestiers l’angoisse de n’av…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrtes
  • carets
  • carrtes
  • cartess
  • cartse
  • carttes
  • catres
  • ccartes
  • crates

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acrtes2carets2carrtes1cartess1cartse2carttes1catres2ccartes1
Edit distance from "cartes"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cartes"?
"cartes" is spelled C-A-R-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁt\.
What does "cartes" mean?
As a noun, "cartes" means: Pluriel de carte.
What words are commonly confused with "cartes"?
"cartes" is commonly confused with "cats", "côtes", "créés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cartes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartes" is \kaʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartes" come from?
"cartes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cartes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

battre#1,765fleurs#1,770alcool#1,761jardin#1,774

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

indique9 variantssourire9 variantssentir9 variantsobligé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list