cancéreuse

Name: cancéreuse, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\

/\kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cancéreuse” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,322
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de cancéreux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cancereuse · cancéreuse · French

cancéreuse · rank #43,322 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,322
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH californiens

Nearest frequency peer: californiens (-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.

calculent

56,681
californiens

56,680
cancéreuse

56,679
Cannet

56,678
capucin

56,677
cardin

56,676

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

cancéreuse vs cancéreux

80% similar

cancéreuse vs cancéreuses

91% similar

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

Key facts for cancéreuse
Property	Value
Headword	cancéreuse
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#43,322
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cancéreuse »

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

#43,322

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « californiens » (#43,321), « Cannet » (#43,323), « calculent » (#43,320). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cancéreuse » est au #43,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cancéreuse (IPA \kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,322 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de cancéreux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cancéreuse, with forms such as "acncéreuse", "cacnéreuse", and "canccéreuse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cancéreux", "cancéreuses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cancéreuse, spelled C-A-N-C-É-R-E-U-S-E.

Definition

1
Féminin singulier de cancéreux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

On a trouvé des tumeurs cancéreuses chez le cheval, le mulet, l’âne, le bœuf, le mouton, le porc, le chat, le lapin et la souris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acncéreuse
cacnéreuse
canccéreuse
cancereuse
cancréeuse
cancéeruse
cancéresue
cancéreues
cancérreuse
cancéruese
canncéreuse
canécreuse
ccancéreuse
cnacéreuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cancéreuse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "cancéreuse"

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 "cancéreuse"?

"cancéreuse" is spelled C-A-N-C-É-R-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\.

What does "cancéreuse" mean?

As an adjective, "cancéreuse" means: Féminin singulier de cancéreux.

What words are commonly confused with "cancéreuse"?

"cancéreuse" is commonly confused with "cancéreux", "cancéreuses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cancéreuse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cancéreuse" is \kɑ̃.se.ʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cancéreuse" come from?

"cancéreuse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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