cathare
\ka.taʁ\
The verdict
“cathare” is uncommon French (frequency #52,556 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,556
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif au catharisme, un mouvement religieux dualiste chrétien médiéval inventé par des historiens du XIXe et du XXe siècles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cathare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.taʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cathare” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cathare is uncommon French at frequency #52,556 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cathare in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 cathare, spelled C-A-T-H-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif au catharisme, un mouvement religieux dualiste chrétien médiéval inventé par des historiens du XIXe et du XXe siècles.
- 2Relatif à la fausse croyance, hérétique.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “cathare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-T-H-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.taʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.