wildcat
\ˈwaɪld.ˌkæt\
The verdict
“wildcat” is uncommon French (frequency #97,557 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,557
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chat vivant en dans la nature.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wildcat · wildcat · French
wildcat · rank #97,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,557
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,995
- PHOTO-FINISH wey
Nearest frequency peer: wey (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wildcat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- warlock
warlock
2,449 corpus weight
- WEIs
WEIs
2,447 corpus weight
- wey
wey
2,445 corpus weight
- wildcat
wildcat
2,444 corpus weight
- wipe
wipe
2,442 corpus weight
- wounded
wounded
2,439 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wildcat” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wildcat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwaɪld.ˌkæt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wildcat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wildcat is uncommon French at frequency #97,557 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈwaɪld.ˌkæt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wildcat in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 wildcat, spelled W-I-L-D-C-A-T.
Definition
- 1Chat vivant en dans la nature.
- 2Chat vivant en dans la nature.
- 3Chat vivant en dans la nature.
- 4Chat vivant en dans la nature.
- 5Personne se comportant comme un chat sauvage, violente, facilement sujette à l’énervement.
- 6Grève sauvage.
- 7Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wildcat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.