farde
\faʁd\
The verdict
“farde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lourd paquet de marchandise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-farde · farde · French
farde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | farde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \faʁd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
farde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \faʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for farde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is farde, spelled F-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Lourd paquet de marchandise.
- 2Ancienne unité de mesure employée pour le café et valant 185 kilogrammes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how farde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers 1747 les droits auraient été de 400 ou 660 paras par farde, à une époque où le prix moyen du café était de 7.042 paras ; soit une dîme comprise entre 5,7 et 9,4 %. — (André Raymond, Artisans et commerçants au Caire au XVIIIe siècle, tome 2, Éd. IFPO, Damas 1973)
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.