cantiques

\kɑ̃.tik\

/\kɑ̃.tik\/ noun

The verdict

“cantiques” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,331
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cantique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cantiques · cantiques · French

cantiques · rank #32,331 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,331
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cantique

Nearest frequency peer: cantique (-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 « cantiques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cantiques » 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).

cantiques vs cyniques
78% similar
cantiques vs coniques
78% similar
cantiques vs continues
78% similar

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

Key facts for cantiques
PropertyValue
Headwordcantiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.tik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,331
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cantiques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cantiquesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cantique » (#32,330), « cartable » (#32,332), « cambrioler » (#32,329). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cantiques » est au #32,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cantiques (IPA \kɑ̃.tik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,331 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cantique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantiques, with forms such as "acntiques", "canitques", and "canntiques". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cyniques", "coniques", "continues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cantiques, spelled C-A-N-T-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cantique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du reste, on n’y regardait pas de si près, et l’on pouvait tout aussi bien, au XVIᵉ siècle, accommoder ces cantiques naïfs sur des airs de danse, que, cent ans après, ajuster les noëls de de la Monnoye sur les airs des ballets de Lulli, le Rigodon de Galathée, sa Chaconne du grand ballet du Roy, l’ouverture de Bellérophon, etc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acntiques
  • canitques
  • canntiques
  • cantiqeus
  • cantiqques
  • cantiquess
  • cantiquse
  • cantiuqes
  • cantqiues
  • canttiques
  • catniques
  • ccantiques
  • cnatiques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantiques - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acntiques2canitques2canntiques1cantiqeus2cantiqques1cantiquess1cantiquse2cantiuqes2
Edit distance from "cantiques"

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 "cantiques"?
"cantiques" is spelled C-A-N-T-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.tik\.
What does "cantiques" mean?
As a noun, "cantiques" means: Pluriel de cantique.
What words are commonly confused with "cantiques"?
"cantiques" is commonly confused with "cyniques", "coniques", "continues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cantiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cantiques" is \kɑ̃.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cantiques" come from?
"cantiques" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list