cathète
\ka.tɛt\
The verdict
“cathète” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Côté qui est adjacent à l’angle droit dans un triangle rectangle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cathete · cathète · French
cathète · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cathète |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.tɛt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cathète » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cathète is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cathète, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cathète, spelled C-A-T-H-È-T-E.
Definition
- 1Côté qui est adjacent à l’angle droit dans un triangle rectangle.
- 2Ligne perpendiculaire.
- 3Axe d’une courbe chez les anciens Grecs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cathète appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par la verticale du triangle rectangle elle roula tout droit sous le lit où elle disparut un instant, claqua contre le mur pour repartir suivant l’autre cathète.
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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.