Cathie
The verdict
“Cathie” is uncommon French (frequency #93,583 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,583
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cathie · Cathie · French
Cathie · rank #93,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,583
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH catharisme
Nearest frequency peer: catharisme (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Cathie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- castellum
castellum
6,421 corpus weight
- castra
castra
6,420 corpus weight
- catharisme
catharisme
6,419 corpus weight
- Cathie
Cathie
6,418 corpus weight
- caté
caté
6,417 corpus weight
- cauchois
cauchois
6,416 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cathie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cathie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cathie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cathie is uncommon French at frequency #93,583 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Cathie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Cathie, spelled C-A-T-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cathie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le village de Laguépie a reçu la visite de Mme Cathie Bourdoncle, candidate aux prochaines élections législatives en Tarn-et-Garonne.
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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