canne à sucre
\ka.n‿a sykʁ\
The verdict
“canne à sucre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grande plante tropicale, graminée de la famille des Poacées dont le suc sucré issu de la tige, le vesou, donne le sucre de canne. Après extraction, les tiges broyées, nommées bagasse, sont mises en...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canne à sucre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.n‿a sykʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canne à sucre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
canne à sucre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.n‿a sykʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande plante tropicale, graminée de la famille des Poacées dont le suc sucré issu de la tige, le vesou, donne le sucre de canne. Après extraction, les tiges broyées, nommées bagasse, sont mises en...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for canne à sucre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is canne à sucre, spelled C-A-N-N-E- -À- -S-U-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Grande plante tropicale, graminée de la famille des Poacées dont le suc sucré issu de la tige, le vesou, donne le sucre de canne. Après extraction, les tiges broyées, nommées bagasse, sont mises en fermentation alcoolique, puis distillées. Le distillat est du rhum.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is C-A-N-N-E- -À- -S-U-C-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.n‿a sykʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.