comédie-charade
\kɔ.me.di. ʃa.ʁad\
The verdict
“comédie-charade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu consistant à faire deviner un mot en mimant chacune des syllabes qui le composent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comedie-charade · comédie-charade · French
comédie-charade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | comédie-charade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.me.di. ʃa.ʁad\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
comédie-charade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.me.di. ʃa.ʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeu consistant à faire deviner un mot en mimant chacune des syllabes qui le composent.".
Zero misspellings are on record for comédie-charade in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is comédie-charade, spelled C-O-M-É-D-I-E---C-H-A-R-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Jeu consistant à faire deviner un mot en mimant chacune des syllabes qui le composent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comédie-charade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À douze ans, improvisant à la maison une comédie-charade, il étonna son auditoire en faisant l’apologie du mariage de raison ; il jouait le rôle d’un jeune homme qui refuse d’épouser une jeune fille pauvre.
Synonyms
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.