cataire
\ka.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“cataire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait penser au ronronnement du chat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cataire · cataire · French
cataire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cataire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cataire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cataire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fait penser au ronronnement du chat.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cataire, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cataire, spelled C-A-T-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui fait penser au ronronnement du chat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cataire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frémissement cataire.
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.