canne de sucre

noun

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The verdict

“canne de 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
14
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 ...

Key facts for canne de sucre
PropertyValue
Headwordcanne de sucre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “canne de sucre” sits in French frequency

canne de sucre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canne de sucre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. 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 ...".

canne de sucre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is canne de sucre, spelled C-A-N-N-E- -D-E- -S-U-C-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    , 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 fermentation alcoolique, puis distillées. Le distillat est du rhum.

Synonyms

canne à sucre

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canne de sucre"?
"canne de sucre" is spelled C-A-N-N-E- -D-E- -S-U-C-R-E.
What does "canne de sucre" mean?
As a noun, "canne de sucre" means: , 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 ...
What language does "canne de sucre" come from?
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Using “canne de sucre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-N-N-E- -D-E- -S-U-C-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list