Which to use
“cadastre” and “cadavre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,791
- “cadastre” frequency rank
- #7,665
- “cadavre” frequency rank
- 31456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadastre | cadavre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Registre dans lequel la quantité et la valeur des biens-fonds sont marqués en détail pour servir de base à l’assiette de l’impôt foncier ou pour en établir la propriété. | Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux. |
Where the eye mixes cadastre and cadavre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cadastre runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against cadavre's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cadastre with cadavre
A purely visual mix-up. cadastre (\ka.dastʁ\) and cadavre (\ka.dɑvʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadastre is recorded at frequency rank #23,791, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dastʁ\. cadavre is at rank #7,665, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.dɑvʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31456, this pair ranks #303,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cadastre vs cadavre
Shared letters: acder. Private to "cadastre": st. Private to "cadavre": v.
"cadastre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "cadavre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadastre" and "cadavre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cadastre" or "cadavre" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cadastre" and "cadavre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadastre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cadavre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #303,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadastre" and "cadavre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadavre vs Calabre". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #303,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.