Which to use
“cadavre” and “cadre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,665
- “cadavre” frequency rank
- #644
- “cadre” frequency rank
- 8309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadavre | cadre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux. | Bordure de bois, de marbre, de bronze, etc., dans laquelle on place un tableau, une estampe, un ouvrage de sculpture, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cadavre and cadre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cadavre runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against cadre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cadavre and cadre
A purely visual mix-up. cadavre (\ka.dɑvʁ\) and cadre (\kadʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadavre is recorded at frequency rank #7,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dɑvʁ\. cadre is at rank #644, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kadʁ\.
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 8309, this pair ranks #420,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cadavre vs cadre
Shared letters: acder. Private to "cadavre": v. Private to "cadre": -.
"cadavre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cadre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadavre" and "cadre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cadavre" or "cadre"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadavre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cadre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadavre" and "cadre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadre vs carrez". 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 #420,457 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.