cannelé

\kan.le\

/\kan.le\/ adj

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The verdict

“cannelé” is uncommon French (frequency #83,687 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,687
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui offre des cannelures, des sillons, des stries profondes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cannele · cannelé · French

cannelé · rank #83,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,687
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cancans

Nearest frequency peer: cancans (-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 « cannelé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cannelé
PropertyValue
Headwordcannelé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kan.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cannelé » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cancans » (#83,686), « Camacho » (#83,685), « capulet » (#83,689). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cannelé » est au #83,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cannelé is uncommon French at frequency #83,687 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kan.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cannelé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cannelé, spelled C-A-N-N-E-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui offre des cannelures, des sillons, des stries profondes.
  2. 2
    Se dit des bordures des pièces présentant des cannelures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l’intérieur, quatre colonnes corinthiennes et les colonnettes cannelées du chancel supportent le jubé de bois, orné de panneaux en bas-relief polychrome.
  2. Les colonnes du péristyle et du portique reposaient immédiatement sur les degrés du temple ; elles étaient sans base, cannelées et d’ordre dorique s’étaient écoulé.

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 "cannelé"?
"cannelé" is spelled C-A-N-N-E-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kan.le\.
What does "cannelé" mean?
As an adjective, "cannelé" means: Qui offre des cannelures, des sillons, des stries profondes.
How do you pronounce "cannelé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cannelé" is \kan.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cannelé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cancans#83,686Camacho#83,685capulet#83,689calmées#83,683

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list