cantonal
\kɑ̃.tɔ.nal\
The verdict
“cantonal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,087
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au canton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cantonal · cantonal · French
cantonal · rank #28,087 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,087
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Camargue
Nearest frequency peer: Camargue (-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 « cantonal »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bâtit
bâtit
71,917 corpus weight
- Camargue
Camargue
71,915 corpus weight
- cantonal
cantonal
71,914 corpus weight
- cantonale
cantonale
71,913 corpus weight
- capricieux
capricieux
71,912 corpus weight
- captifs
captifs
71,911 corpus weight
What this shows « cantonal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantonal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.tɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cantonal »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cantonal (IPA \kɑ̃.tɔ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,087 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif au canton.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantonal, with forms such as "acntonal", "canntonal", and "canotnal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "cantons", "cantonné", "cantonale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cantonal, spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif au canton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cantonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Ainsi, tu vas découvrir la France cantonale. La belle affaire ! Mais cette France-là est morte. À supposer qu’elle ait encore un semblant d’existence, c’est du passé.
Donc une cantonale partielle aura lieu chaque fois qu'un député ou un sénateur, élu au conseil général, devra renoncer au mandat cantonal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acntonal
- canntonal
- canotnal
- cantnoal
- cantoanl
- cantonall
- cantonla
- cantonnal
- canttonal
- catnonal
- ccantonal
- cnatonal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantonal - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).