canard boiteux
\ka.naʁ bwa.tø\
The verdict
“canard boiteux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui retarde les autres, personne mal adaptée, inefficace, nuisible, entreprise peu rentable
Corpus desk
Index FR-canard-boiteux · canard boiteux · French
canard boiteux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | canard boiteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.naʁ bwa.tø\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
canard boiteux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.naʁ bwa.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui retarde les autres, personne mal adaptée, inefficace, nuisible, entreprise peu rentable".
Zero misspellings are on record for canard boiteux in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is canard boiteux, spelled C-A-N-A-R-D- -B-O-I-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Celui qui retarde les autres, personne mal adaptée, inefficace, nuisible, entreprise peu rentable
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canard boiteux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre hôte, Kiichi Miyazawa, était largement considéré comme un canard boiteux dans un système politique où le long règne du Parti libéral démocrate tirait à sa fin.
Pascal Collot fait état de plusieurs exécutions de canards boiteux infiltrés qui s’étaient livrés à des actes de banditisme en usurpant le nom de la Résistance, avec affichage public des motifs de leur condamnation.
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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.