canaille
ca·naille/kəˈnaɪ/noun
canaille is spelled C-A-N-A-I-L-L-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (ca·naille). It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, canaille means “The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of canaille is canailles.
How many letters and syllables are in canaille?
| Letters | 8: C-A-N-A-I-L-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ca·naille |
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is canaille?
Canaille appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce canaille?
- /kəˈnaɪ/
- /kəˈneɪl/
Canaille has 2 syllables, split ca·naille in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with canaille?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as canaille.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: alliance.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of canaille
- canailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does canaille mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
… whatever language he knows, he knows precisely; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly; above all, he is learned in the peerage of words; knows the words of true descent and ancient blood, at a glance, from words of modern can
- 2
CanadaShorts or inferior flour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does canaille come from?
Borrowed from Middle French canaille.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).