canopée

\ka.nɔ.pe\

/\ka.nɔ.pe\/ noun

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The verdict

“canopée” is uncommon French (frequency #53,186 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,186
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étage supérieur de la forêt, qui reçoit directement le rayonnement solaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canopee · canopée · French

canopée · rank #53,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,186
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cappuccino

Nearest frequency peer: cappuccino (+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 « canopée »

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 « canopée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for canopée
PropertyValue
Headwordcanopée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.nɔ.pe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « canopée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.canopéetombe 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: « cappuccino » (#53,187), « calmos » (#53,184), « calm » (#53,183). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canopée » est au #53,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canopée is uncommon French at frequency #53,186 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.nɔ.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for canopée in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canopée, spelled C-A-N-O-P-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étage supérieur de la forêt, qui reçoit directement le rayonnement solaire.
  2. 2
    Ciel de lit des lits à baldaquin ou des lits à courtines.
  3. 3
    Capote de certaines voitures d’enfant.
  4. 4
    Verrière des cockpits des avions de chasse.
  5. 5
    Partie supérieure d’un cerf-volant de traction ou d'un parapente.
  6. 6
    Structure métallique coulissante qui équipe un wagon ou une remorque et qui est destinée à recouvrir des emballages de matières radioactives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On savait la canopée bruissante, il nous arrivait d’apercevoir au sommet des grand Ceiba le vol d’un agrias.
  2. Dans les canopées, c'est-à-dire au sommet de ces arbres immenses exposés à la lumière, alors que le sous-bois, parce qu’il est moins lumineux, comporte forcément moins de plantes, donc moins d’animaux. Les énergies, la vie sont là-haut.

This word in other languages

canopy(English)copa(Español)

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 "canopée"?
"canopée" is spelled C-A-N-O-P-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.nɔ.pe\.
What does "canopée" mean?
As a noun, "canopée" means: Étage supérieur de la forêt, qui reçoit directement le rayonnement solaire.
How do you pronounce "canopée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canopée" is \ka.nɔ.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canopée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list