cannibal
\ˈkæn.ə.bəl\
The verdict
“cannibal” is uncommon French (frequency #80,965 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,965
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cannibale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cannibal · cannibal · French
cannibal · rank #80,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,965
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH canidés
Nearest frequency peer: canidés (-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 « cannibal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cambodgienn…
cambodgiennes
19,040 corpus weight
- campaient
campaient
19,038 corpus weight
- canidés
canidés
19,037 corpus weight
- cannibal
cannibal
19,036 corpus weight
- carafes
carafes
19,035 corpus weight
- carotène
carotène
19,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cannibal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cannibal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkæn.ə.bəl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cannibal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cannibal is uncommon French at frequency #80,965 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkæn.ə.bəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cannibale.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cannibal, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cannibal, spelled C-A-N-N-I-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1Cannibale.
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.
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