papier cadeau
\pa.pje ka.do\
The verdict
“papier cadeau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Papier coloré dans lequel on enroule des cadeaux afin de les dissimuler jusqu’à la surprise de leur ouverture par le destinataire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papier-cadeau · papier cadeau · French
papier cadeau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | papier cadeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pje ka.do\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “papier cadeau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
papier cadeau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.pje ka.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Papier coloré dans lequel on enroule des cadeaux afin de les dissimuler jusqu’à la surprise de leur ouverture par le destinataire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for papier cadeau, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is papier cadeau, spelled P-A-P-I-E-R- -C-A-D-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Papier coloré dans lequel on enroule des cadeaux afin de les dissimuler jusqu’à la surprise de leur ouverture par le destinataire.
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