canonique

\ka.nɔ.nik\

/\ka.nɔ.nik\/ adj

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The verdict

“canonique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,946
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est selon les canons de la doctrine religieuse, qui est contenu dans le canon de cette doctrine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canonique · canonique · French

canonique · rank #20,946 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,946
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Byron

Nearest frequency peer: Byron (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « canonique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « canonique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

canonique vs conique
78% similar
canonique vs cantique
78% similar
canonique vs chronique
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for canonique
PropertyValue
Headwordcanonique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.nɔ.nik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,946
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « canonique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).canoniquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Byron » (#20,945), « catalane » (#20,947), « catéchisme » (#20,948). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canonique » est au #20,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around canonique (IPA \ka.nɔ.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,946 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for canonique, with forms such as "acnonique", "cannoique", and "cannonique". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "conique", "cantique", "chronique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canonique, spelled C-A-N-O-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est selon les canons de la doctrine religieuse, qui est contenu dans le canon de cette doctrine.
  2. 2
    Conforme aux bonnes règles en parlant d’une action ou d’un propos.
  3. 3
    Ce qui semble à tous comme le plus simple, le plus porteur de sens ou ce qui facilitera des manipulations ultérieures.
  4. 4
    Relatif à la base canonique.
  5. 5
    De la forme d’un mot qui se montre dans les dictionnaires comme article, comme le lemme.
  6. 6
    Se dit d'une URL sans port, sans page par défaut, sans IP et protocole autre que HTTP.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les lettrés sont en possession de la doctrine de Confucius; cette doctrine contient la morale canonique et la politique officielle qui mène à tout.
  2. […] une harpe et quelques autres objets d’une apparence peu canonique se dessinaient dans la pénombre de l’obscur réduit au moment où il fut ouvert.

Antonyms

apocryphefactorielfactorisé

This word in other languages

canonic(English)canónico(Español)kanonisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acnonique
  • cannoique
  • cannonique
  • canoinque
  • canoniqeu
  • canoniqque
  • canoniuqe
  • canonnique
  • canonqiue
  • caonnique
  • ccanonique
  • cnaonique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canonique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acnonique2cannoique2cannonique1canoinque2canoniqeu2canoniqque1canoniuqe2canonnique1
Edit distance from "canonique"

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 "canonique"?
"canonique" is spelled C-A-N-O-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.nɔ.nik\.
What does "canonique" mean?
As an adjective, "canonique" means: Qui est selon les canons de la doctrine religieuse, qui est contenu dans le canon de cette doctrine.
What words are commonly confused with "canonique"?
"canonique" is commonly confused with "conique", "cantique", "chronique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "canonique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canonique" is \ka.nɔ.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canonique" come from?
"canonique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

branlette#20,941boursiers#20,940charmants#20,952bourreaux#20,939

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Bernardo12 variantsathéisme12 variantsaffectant12 variantsdistante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list