cancel
\kɑ̃.sɛl\
The verdict
“cancel” is uncommon French (frequency #65,764 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,764
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de chancel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cancel · cancel · French
cancel · rank #65,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,764
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Calum
Nearest frequency peer: Calum (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cancel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bêtisier
bêtisier
34,240 corpus weight
- calligraphe
calligraphe
34,239 corpus weight
- Calum
Calum
34,238 corpus weight
- cancel
cancel
34,237 corpus weight
- Cannois
Cannois
34,235 corpus weight
- caprins
caprins
34,234 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cancel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cancel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cancel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cancel is uncommon French at frequency #65,764 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de chancel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cancel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cancel, spelled C-A-N-C-E-L.
Definition
- 1Variante de chancel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cancel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Cancel est un vieux terme, qui signifie barreaux; ce n’est autre chose que ce qui forme la séparation du Chœur & de la Nef ; le Cancel fait partie du Chœur , & est à la charge des Décimateurs.
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.
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