canneur
\ka.nœʁ\
The verdict
“canneur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier qui tresse les cannes pour chaises et, plus généralement, qui confectionne les cannages d’ameublement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-canneur · canneur · French
canneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | canneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « canneur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
canneur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ouvrier qui tresse les cannes pour chaises et, plus généralement, qui confectionne les cannages d’ameublement.".
canneur has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 canneur, spelled C-A-N-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrier qui tresse les cannes pour chaises et, plus généralement, qui confectionne les cannages d’ameublement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ;enfin, il tourna dans les ruelles dont les étrangers disent tant de mal, dans ces ruelles qui ne bouillonnent pas, où l’on ne trouvait que de loin en loin la boutique d’un barbier avec des lys dessinés au-dessus des portes, ou celle d’un chapelier, qui faisait sortir hors de ses portes à lui le chapeau à longs bords d’un cardinal, ou celle d’un canne…
Amédée exerçait l’activité de canneur et rempailleur de chaises.
Synonyms
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.