canari

\ka.na.ʁi\

/\ka.na.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“canari” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,825
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit oiseau passereau d'Eurasie, serin voisin des pinsons, originaire des îles Canaries possédant un plumage marbré de vert et de brun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canari · canari · French

canari · rank #43,825 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,825
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Canaan

Nearest frequency peer: Canaan (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « canari »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « canari » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

canari vs Capri
50% similar
canari vs canaux
67% similar
canari vs Cavani
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « canari »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.canarise place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Canaan » (#43,824), « cantonnés » (#43,826), « campanile » (#43,823). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canari » est au #43,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around canari (IPA \ka.na.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,825 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for canari, with forms such as "acnari", "caanri", and "canair". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canari, spelled C-A-N-A-R-I.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque le canari sauvage fut ramené des îles Canaries à la cour d'Espagne au xve siècle, nul n’imaginait que ce petit passereau au plumage insignifiant allait devenir le plus populaire des oiseaux de cage.
  2. Il s’est attaché à créer un canari qui soit à la fois, un oiseau de couleur et de chant.

Synonyms

serin des Canariestricholome équestre

This word in other languages

canary(English)canario(Español)Kanarienvogel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acnari
  • caanri
  • canair
  • canarri
  • cannari
  • canrai
  • ccanari
  • cnaari

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canari - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acnari2caanri2canair2canarri1cannari1canrai2ccanari1cnaari2
Edit distance from "canari"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "canari", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Canaan#43,824camino#43,822cendré#43,832broder#43,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

booker8 variantsbianco8 variantsBarrois8 variantsassidus8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list