caniveaux
\ka.ni.vo\
The verdict
“caniveaux” is uncommon French (frequency #68,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,110
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de caniveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caniveaux · caniveaux · French
caniveaux · rank #68,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,110
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH candle
Nearest frequency peer: candle (-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 « caniveaux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- calibrée
calibrée
31,895 corpus weight
- campeur
campeur
31,894 corpus weight
- candle
candle
31,892 corpus weight
- caniveaux
caniveaux
31,891 corpus weight
- capillarité
capillarité
31,890 corpus weight
- caplan
caplan
31,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caniveaux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caniveaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ni.vo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caniveaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caniveaux is uncommon French at frequency #68,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ni.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de caniveau.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for caniveaux, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caniveaux, spelled C-A-N-I-V-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de caniveau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caniveaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ville ressemblait à une vieille serpillière de l’Assistance publique, dégueulant sa bile par tous les caniveaux et, par la bouche de ses égouts, rotant des odeurs de femme malade.
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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