cathode
\ka.tɔd\
The verdict
“cathode” is uncommon French (frequency #55,123 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,123
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pôle positif d’une pile électrique, ou négatif dans le cas d’une électrolyse ; pôle où se produit la réduction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cathode · cathode · French
cathode · rank #55,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,123
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH catalyse
Nearest frequency peer: catalyse (-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 « cathode »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- carnassiers
carnassiers
44,881 corpus weight
- carriole
carriole
44,880 corpus weight
- catalyse
catalyse
44,879 corpus weight
- cathode
cathode
44,878 corpus weight
- censures
censures
44,877 corpus weight
- censurées
censurées
44,876 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cathode » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cathode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.tɔd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cathode » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cathode is uncommon French at frequency #55,123 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pôle positif d’une pile électrique, ou négatif dans le cas d’une électrolyse ; pôle où se produit la réduction.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cathode, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cathode, spelled C-A-T-H-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Pôle positif d’une pile électrique, ou négatif dans le cas d’une électrolyse ; pôle où se produit la réduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cathode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’anode et la cathode de cette pile peuvent donc se concevoir chacune comme une semi-réaction ou une demi-pile.
Antonyms
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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