catéchèse

/\ka.te.ʃɛz\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,972

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

catéchèse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Enseignement de la doctrine chrétienne. Pronounced \ka.te.ʃɛz\. Often confused with catéchisme.

Key facts for catéchèse
PropertyValue
Headwordcatéchèse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.te.ʃɛz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,972
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of catéchèse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for catéchèse is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.te.ʃɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,972 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enseignement de la doctrine chrétienne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for catéchèse, with forms such as "actéchèse", "catcéhèse", and "catechese". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "catéchisme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is catéchèse, spelled C-A-T-É-C-H-È-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enseignement de la doctrine chrétienne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: actéchèse,catcéhèse,catechese,cattéchèse,catécchèse,catéchhèse,catéchsèe,catéchèes,catéchèsse,catécèhse,catéhcèse,caétchèse,ccatéchèse,ctaéchèse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for catéchèse

Misspelling Variants of "catéchèse"

actéchèse9catcéhèse9catechese9cattéchèse10catécchèse10catéchhèse10catéchsèe9catéchèes9
Misspelling Variants of "catéchèse"

Frequency rank: #48,972 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "catéchèse"?
"catéchèse" is spelled C-A-T-É-C-H-È-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.te.ʃɛz\.
What does "catéchèse" mean?
As a noun, "catéchèse" means: Enseignement de la doctrine chrétienne.
What words are commonly confused with "catéchèse"?
"catéchèse" is commonly confused with "catéchisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "catéchèse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catéchèse" is \ka.te.ʃɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catéchèse" come from?
"catéchèse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.