cascade

\kas.kad\

/\kas.kad\/ noun

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The verdict

“cascade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,122
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chute d’eau qui tombe de rocher en rocher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cascade · cascade · French

cascade · rank #12,122 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,122
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caricature

Nearest frequency peer: caricature (-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 « cascade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cascade » 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).

cascade vs Caucase
57% similar
cascade vs cascades
88% similar
cascade vs cascadeur
78% similar

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

Key facts for cascade
PropertyValue
Headwordcascade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kas.kad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,122
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cascade »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cascadese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « caricature » (#12,121), « certification » (#12,123), « Carcassonne » (#12,120). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cascade » est au #12,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cascade (IPA \kas.kad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,122 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cascade, with forms such as "acscade", "cacsade", and "casacde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Caucase", "cascades", "cascadeur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cascade, spelled C-A-S-C-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chute d’eau qui tombe de rocher en rocher.
  2. 2
    Exercice périlleux fait, souvent à l’aide de véhicules, dans le cadre d'un spectacle.
  3. 3
    Écart de conduite.
  4. 4
    Figure qui nécessite un nombre de balles impair où chaque balle est lancée à la main opposée.
  5. 5
    Forme courte de cascade d’enrichissement.
  6. 6
    Longue succession de choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On lit ce livre absolument comme au bord de la cascade on entendrait, rêveur, le gazouillement des eaux.
  2. […]: c’étaient de hautes falaises rocheuses, des cascades et de larges fleuves bouillonnants et désolés, des bouquets d’arbres et des fourrés de plus en plus rabougris.

This word in other languages

waterfall(English)cascada(Español)Kaskade(Deutsch)cascata(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acscade
  • cacsade
  • casacde
  • cascadde
  • cascaed
  • casccade
  • cascdae
  • casscade
  • ccascade
  • csacade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cascade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acscade2cacsade2casacde2cascadde1cascaed2casccade1cascdae2casscade1
Edit distance from "cascade"

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 "cascade"?
"cascade" is spelled C-A-S-C-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.kad\.
What does "cascade" mean?
As a noun, "cascade" means: Chute d’eau qui tombe de rocher en rocher.
What words are commonly confused with "cascade"?
"cascade" is commonly confused with "Caucase", "cascades", "cascadeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cascade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cascade" is \kas.kad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cascade" come from?
"cascade" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Charest#12,124brandon#12,115boycott#12,114coloris#12,130

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bâtons10 variantsattirent10 variantsarrêtera10 variantsappelons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list