canope

\ka.nɔp\

/\ka.nɔp\/ adj

The verdict

“canope” is uncommon French (frequency #99,960 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,960
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ayant un couvercle surmonté d’une figure humaine en parlant des vases en terre employés à Canope dans le culte du dieu Osiris.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canope · canope · French

canope · rank #99,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH canonisée

Nearest frequency peer: canonisée (-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 « canope »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « canope » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for canope
PropertyValue
Headwordcanope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.nɔp\
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « canope » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.canopetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « canonisée » (#99,959), « canotier » (#99,961), « cannabinoïdes » (#99,958). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canope » est au #99,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canope is uncommon French at frequency #99,960 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.nɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ayant un couvercle surmonté d’une figure humaine en parlant des vases en terre employés à Canope dans le culte du dieu Osiris.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for canope, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is canope, spelled C-A-N-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ayant un couvercle surmonté d’une figure humaine en parlant des vases en terre employés à Canope dans le culte du dieu Osiris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cicéron demanda à Cléopâtre de lui faire venir quelques manuscrits et des vases canopes.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canope"?
"canope" is spelled C-A-N-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.nɔp\.
What does "canope" mean?
As an adjective, "canope" means: Ayant un couvercle surmonté d’une figure humaine en parlant des vases en terre employés à Canope dans le culte du dieu Osiris.
How do you pronounce "canope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canope" is \ka.nɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canope" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list