canaillerie
\ka.naj.ʁi\
The verdict
“canaillerie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action, procédé de celui ou de celle qui se conduit comme une canaille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-canaillerie · canaillerie · French
canaillerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | canaillerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.naj.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
canaillerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.naj.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action, procédé de celui ou de celle qui se conduit comme une canaille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for canaillerie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canaillerie, spelled C-A-N-A-I-L-L-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Action, procédé de celui ou de celle qui se conduit comme une canaille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canaillerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et la canaillerie de cette liaison, cette dépravation enjouée et facile séduisaient Pierre, flattant un fonds de veulerie qui se trouvait en lui.
Ce mouvement était inimitable; il avait la canaillerie, l’impudence, la persuasion d’un dresseur, d’un tombeur de femmes.
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.