canari

/\ka.na.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,825

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

canari is aFrenchnoun. It means: Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d'Eurasie, serin voisin des pinsons, originaire des îles Canaries possédant un plumage marbré de vert et de brun. Pronounced \ka.na.ʁi\. Often confused with Capri and canaux.

Key facts for canari
PropertyValue
Headwordcanari
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.na.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,825
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of canari in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for canari is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.na.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,825 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for canari, with forms such as "acnari", "caanri", and "canair". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Capri", "canaux", "Cavani", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is canari, spelled C-A-N-A-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d'Eurasie, serin voisin des pinsons, originaire des îles Canaries possédant un plumage marbré de vert et de brun.
  2. 2
    Oiseau chanteur de petite taille élevé en cage, forme domestiquée du précédent. Sa couleur jaune caractéristique est aujourd’hui modifiée par des éleveurs spécialisés.
  3. 3
    Champignon à lames assez serrées et inégales, au chapeau à marge ondulée jaune brunâtre, et au pied sans anneau, trapu, jaune.
  4. 4
    Policier portant un dossard jaune.
  5. 5
    Cocktail composé de pastis et de sirop de citron.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acnari,caanri,canair,canarri,cannari,canrai,ccanari,cnaari

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for canari

Misspelling Variants of "canari"

acnari6caanri6canair6canarri7cannari7canrai6ccanari7cnaari6
Misspelling Variants of "canari"

Frequency rank: #43,825 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canari"?
"canari" is spelled C-A-N-A-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.na.ʁi\.
What does "canari" mean?
As a noun, "canari" means: Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d'Eurasie, serin voisin des pinsons, originaire des îles Canaries possédant un plumage marbré de vert et de brun.
What words are commonly confused with "canari"?
"canari" is commonly confused with "Capri", "canaux", "Cavani". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "canari"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canari" is \ka.na.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canari" come from?
"canari" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.