canner
\ka.ne\
The verdict
“canner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garnir l’assise ou le dossier d’un siège à l’aide de cannes de jonc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-canner · canner · French
canner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « canner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
canner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for canner, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is canner, spelled C-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Garnir l’assise ou le dossier d’un siège à l’aide de cannes de jonc.
- 2Mesurer à l’aide d’une canne.
- 3Mourir. → voir caner
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je voulais faire canner cette chaise mais le prix m’en a dissuadée.
CANNER, signifie mesurer les étoffes avec la canne dans les lieux où cette mesure est en usage.
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.