château de cartes
The verdict
“château de cartes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empilement construit avec des cartes à jouer qui s’écroule très facilement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chateau-de-cartes · château de cartes · French
château de cartes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | château de cartes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « château de cartes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
château de cartes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
château de cartes has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 château de cartes, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-A-R-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Empilement construit avec des cartes à jouer qui s’écroule très facilement.
- 2Structure fragile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how château de cartes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Nicole était un être de quatre pieds et demi au plus, d'une maigreur étique, à demi contrefait et qui, debout, semblait un château de cartes mal étayé.
La façon dont Donald Trump a stimulé la croissance laisse craindre que l’on se retrouve face à un château de cartes qui peut s’effondrer à tout moment.
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.