cascadeur

\kas.ka.dœʁ\

/\kas.ka.dœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“cascadeur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,218
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mène une vie déréglée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cascadeur · cascadeur · French

cascadeur · rank #42,218 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,218
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cardigan

Nearest frequency peer: cardigan (-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 « cascadeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cascadeur » 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).

cascadeur vs cascade
78% similar
cascadeur vs cascades
78% similar

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

Key facts for cascadeur
PropertyValue
Headwordcascadeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kas.ka.dœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,218
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cascadeur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cascadeurse 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 « cardigan » (#42,217), « cassait » (#42,219), « capella » (#42,216). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cascadeur » est au #42,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cascadeur (IPA \kas.ka.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,218 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cascadeur, with forms such as "acscadeur", "cacsadeur", and "casacdeur". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cascade", "cascades", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cascadeur, spelled C-A-S-C-A-D-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mène une vie déréglée.
  2. 2
    Artiste sportif qui double un acteur dans les scènes dangereuses ou acrobatiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Marquis.– Mais je suis las de cette vie irrégulière, de cette vie de cascadeur…
  2. Sans doute parce que ce n’est évidemment pas Kelly qui accomplit effectivement les cascades dans les plans 2, 4 et 6 et qu’il faut bien qu’on ne voie pas trop que c’est en fait un cascadeur qui a pris le relais.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acscadeur
  • cacsadeur
  • casacdeur
  • cascaddeur
  • cascaderu
  • cascadeurr
  • cascaduer
  • cascaedur
  • casccadeur
  • cascdaeur
  • casscadeur
  • ccascadeur
  • csacadeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cascadeur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acscadeur2cacsadeur2casacdeur2cascaddeur1cascaderu2cascadeurr1cascaduer2cascaedur2
Edit distance from "cascadeur"

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 "cascadeur"?
"cascadeur" is spelled C-A-S-C-A-D-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.ka.dœʁ\.
What does "cascadeur" mean?
As a noun, "cascadeur" means: Qui mène une vie déréglée.
What words are commonly confused with "cascadeur"?
"cascadeur" is commonly confused with "cascade", "cascades". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cascadeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cascadeur" is \kas.ka.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cascadeur" come from?
"cascadeur" 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 "cascadeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list