canard sauvage
\ka.naʁ so.vaʒ\
The verdict
“canard sauvage” 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) - Souvent synonyme de colvert (anatidé).
Corpus desk
Index FR-canard-sauvage · canard sauvage · French
canard sauvage · 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 sauvage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.naʁ so.vaʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « canard sauvage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
canard sauvage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.naʁ so.vaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souvent synonyme de colvert (anatidé).".
canard sauvage has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is canard sauvage, spelled C-A-N-A-R-D- -S-A-U-V-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Souvent synonyme de colvert (anatidé).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how canard sauvage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le canard sauvage est en effet monogame, et ce n’est que lorsque sa femelle couve qu’il en adopte une autre.
This word in other languages
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.