canna

\ka.na\

/\ka.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“canna” is uncommon French (frequency #76,400 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,400
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de cannabis

Corpus desk

Index FR-canna · canna · French

canna · rank #76,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capitalism

Nearest frequency peer: capitalism (+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 « canna »

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 « canna » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for canna
PropertyValue
Headwordcanna
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.na\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « canna » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cannatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « capitalism » (#76,401), « cancérologue » (#76,398), « career » (#76,402). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canna » est au #76,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canna is uncommon French at frequency #76,400 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for canna in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is canna, spelled C-A-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abréviation de cannabis
  2. 2
    Autre nom de l’élan du Cap, espèce d'antilope d’Afrique australe.
  3. 3
    Plante du genre Canna, généralement Canna indica, aussi appelée balisier.
  4. 4
    Rhizome de Canna.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un joint de canna
  2. Ainsi, la femelle canna, a, comme le mâle, cette proéminence sous la gorge, au lieu que, dans l’espèce de notre élan du Nord, le mâle seul porte cet attribut.

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bronn#76,382Brach#76,380blend#76,368benda#76,359

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list