candace
\kɑ̃.das\
The verdict
“candace” is uncommon French (frequency #59,136 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,136
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reine d’Éthiopie et du pays de Koush.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candace · candace · French
candace · rank #59,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,136
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cancérogènes
Nearest frequency peer: cancérogènes (-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 « candace »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Calonne
Calonne
40,869 corpus weight
- calorie
calorie
40,868 corpus weight
- cancérogènes
cancérogènes
40,866 corpus weight
- candace
candace
40,865 corpus weight
- cannot
cannot
40,864 corpus weight
- Canteloup
Canteloup
40,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « candace » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.das\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « candace » en français
Rare enough to double-check
candace is uncommon French at frequency #59,136 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.das\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reine d’Éthiopie et du pays de Koush.".
No misspelling variants are generated for candace in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is candace, spelled C-A-N-D-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Reine d’Éthiopie et du pays de Koush.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or le voyageur était un puissant personnage. C’était un eunuque de la candace d’Éthiopie, son ministre des finances et le gardien de ses trésors.
La déesse qui lui fait face, Amesemi, parèdre du dieu-lion Apedemak, pose la main sur la nuque de la candace en geste de légitimation, tandis qu'elle lui apporte le souffle de vie représenté par une chaîne de signes ânkh.
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); 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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