canard commun

\ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\

/\ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“canard commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de canard domestique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canard-commun · canard commun · French

canard commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for canard commun
PropertyValue
Headwordcanard commun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « canard commun » en français

canard communn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canard commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de canard domestique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for canard commun in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is canard commun, spelled C-A-N-A-R-D- -C-O-M-M-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de canard domestique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how canard commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En effet, il ya 15 ans, c’est le canard commun (Rouen, Pékin...) qui dominait le marché, plutôt modeste d’ailleurs, du caneton de consommation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canard commun"?
"canard commun" is spelled C-A-N-A-R-D- -C-O-M-M-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\.
What does "canard commun" mean?
As a noun, "canard commun" means: Synonyme de canard domestique.
How do you pronounce "canard commun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canard commun" is \ka.naʁ kɔ.mœ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canard commun" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list