fond de cale
\fɔ̃ d‿kal\
The verdict
“fond de cale” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie la plus basse dans l’intérieur d’un navire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fond de cale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃ d‿kal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fond de cale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fond de cale is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔ̃ d‿kal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partie la plus basse dans l’intérieur d’un navire.".
fond de cale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fond de cale, spelled F-O-N-D- -D-E- -C-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Partie la plus basse dans l’intérieur d’un navire.
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.
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Using “fond de cale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-N-D- -D-E- -C-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔ̃ d‿kal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.