caneton
\kan.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“caneton” is uncommon French (frequency #97,755 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,755
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit d’une cane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caneton · caneton · French
caneton · rank #97,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,755
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH canale
Nearest frequency peer: canale (-2 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 « caneton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- calcinées
calcinées
2,250 corpus weight
- canale
canale
2,248 corpus weight
- caneton
caneton
2,246 corpus weight
- caniculaires
caniculaires
2,244 corpus weight
- carbonisati…
carbonisation
2,243 corpus weight
- cardia
cardia
2,242 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caneton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caneton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kan.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caneton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caneton is uncommon French at frequency #97,755 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kan.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for caneton in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 caneton, spelled C-A-N-E-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petit d’une cane.
- 2Petit canard, journal de faible importance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caneton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le caneton court vers l’eau, nage et plonge, se nourrit en immergeant le bec dans l’eau et huile ses plumes.
Chaque année en France, 80 millions de canetons naissent pour le foie gras, seuls les mâles sont gavés, les femelles sont généralement gazées ou broyées.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "caneton"?
What does "caneton" mean?
How do you pronounce "caneton"?
What language does "caneton" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caneton", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).