candi
\kɑ̃.di\
The verdict
“candi” is uncommon French (frequency #57,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,145
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cristallisé en gros cristaux, en parlant du sucre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candi · candi · French
candi · rank #57,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,145
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cancan
Nearest frequency peer: cancan (-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 « candi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cachalot
cachalot
42,859 corpus weight
- calottes
calottes
42,858 corpus weight
- cancan
cancan
42,857 corpus weight
- candi
candi
42,856 corpus weight
- candie
candie
42,855 corpus weight
- canonniers
canonniers
42,854 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « candi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.di\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « candi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
candi is uncommon French at frequency #57,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɑ̃.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for candi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is candi, spelled C-A-N-D-I.
Definition
- 1Cristallisé en gros cristaux, en parlant du sucre.
- 2Confit, couvert de sucre candi, de candi.
- 3Bonbon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous allez attraper la coqueluche, ma bonne femme ; et, à votre âge, les dragées qui tombent là ne sont pas si bonnes à recevoir que des pignolats au sucre candi.
Existence de recette de fleur candie dont la violette au XVIIième siècle..
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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