Canidé

\ka.ni.de\

/\ka.ni.de\/ noun

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The verdict

“Canidé” is uncommon French (frequency #90,507 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,507
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de canidé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canide · Canidé · French

Canidé · rank #90,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,507
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH campant

Nearest frequency peer: campant (-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 « Canidé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Canidé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Canidé
PropertyValue
HeadwordCanidé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ni.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Canidé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Canidétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « campant » (#90,506), « cantonnier » (#90,508), « capitalisés » (#90,509). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Canidé » est au #90,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Canidé is uncommon French at frequency #90,507 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ni.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Canidé in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Canidé, spelled C-A-N-I-D-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de canidé.
  2. 2
    Famille comprenant les chacals, les chiens, les renards et les loups.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le lycaon est le seul Canidé ne possédant que quatre doigts à chaque patte antérieure, les autres en possèdent cinq.
  2. Les coyotes et les renards sont des Canidés qui, tout en évitant tout contact humain, sont très adaptés aux êtres humains !

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 "Canidé"?
"Canidé" is spelled C-A-N-I-D-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ni.de\.
What does "Canidé" mean?
As a noun, "Canidé" means: Variante de canidé.
How do you pronounce "Canidé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Canidé" is \ka.ni.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Canidé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carbet#90,512Cardif#90,514buenas#90,497Brains#90,484

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list