spad
\spat\
The verdict
“spad” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retombée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spad · spad · French
spad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | spad |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spat\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
spad is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \spat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retombée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for spad in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is spad, spelled S-P-A-D.
Definition
- 1Retombée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
průmyslové spady, retombées industrielles.
radioaktivní spad, retombée radioactive.
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.