caviarder
\ka.vjaʁ.de\
The verdict
“caviarder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recouvrir d’un enduit noir, de façon à cacher aux yeux du lecteur un passage d’un livre ou d’un journal qui déplaît à la censure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caviarder · caviarder · French
caviarder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | caviarder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.vjaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caviarder » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caviarder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.vjaʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for caviarder in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 caviarder, spelled C-A-V-I-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Recouvrir d’un enduit noir, de façon à cacher aux yeux du lecteur un passage d’un livre ou d’un journal qui déplaît à la censure.
- 2Expurger un passage d’une publication en le supprimant ; censurer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caviarder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gouvernement aurait-il le droit de « caviarder » les journaux étrangers, ainsi que cela se passe en Russie, ou de les mutiler, ainsi qu’on l’a fait en Autriche-Hongrie ?
On « caviarde » les nouvelles les plus vulgaires, par exemple qu’un officier a été arrêté à Varsovie sur le soupçon de trahison ; ….
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.