canonnade
\ka.nɔ.nad\
The verdict
“canonnade” is uncommon French (frequency #68,880 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,880
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tir simultané de plusieurs canons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-canonnade · canonnade · French
canonnade · rank #68,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,880
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH camouflée
Nearest frequency peer: camouflée (-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 « canonnade »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- calendaire
calendaire
31,124 corpus weight
- cambrure
cambrure
31,123 corpus weight
- camouflée
camouflée
31,122 corpus weight
- canonnade
canonnade
31,121 corpus weight
- capharnaüm
capharnaüm
31,120 corpus weight
- carapaces
carapaces
31,118 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « canonnade » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canonnade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.nɔ.nad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « canonnade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
canonnade is uncommon French at frequency #68,880 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.nɔ.nad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for canonnade, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is canonnade, spelled C-A-N-O-N-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Tir simultané de plusieurs canons.
- 2Suite d'éléments servant à faire une attaque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canonnade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A l'exception de quelques traînards, ses troupes se trouvaient déjà entre Chaumont-Porcien et Seraincourt, quand une canonnade éclatant sur ses derrières vient annoncer l'arrivée des Allemands devant la première de ces localités.
La canonnade de Valmy retentissait encore à l’heure où se réunissait la Convention nationale, le 21 septembre 1792.
This word in other languages
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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