Catroux

Name: Catroux, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ka.tʁu\

/\ka.tʁu\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Catroux” is uncommon French (frequency #99,972 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,972
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catroux · Catroux · French

Catroux · rank #99,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #99,972
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH carri

Nearest frequency peer: carri (-2 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.

Carniole

33
carp

32
carri

31
Catroux

29
centurie

27
cerca

26

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Catroux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for Catroux
Property	Value
Headword	Catroux
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\ka.tʁu\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#99,972
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Catroux » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Catrouxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#99,972

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « carri » (#99,970), « centurie » (#99,974), « carp » (#99,969). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Catroux » est au #99,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Catroux is uncommon French at frequency #99,972 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.tʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Catroux, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Catroux, spelled C-A-T-R-O-U-X.

Definition

1
Nom de famille.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Catroux"?

"Catroux" is spelled C-A-T-R-O-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tʁu\.

What does "Catroux" mean?

As a proper noun, "Catroux" means: Nom de famille.

How do you pronounce "Catroux"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Catroux" is \ka.tʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Catroux" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Catroux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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