cantonnement

\kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\

/\kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“cantonnement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,217
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État des troupes cantonnées. ^([1])

Corpus desk

Index FR-cantonnement · cantonnement · French

cantonnement · rank #37,217 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,217
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH called

Nearest frequency peer: called (-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 « cantonnement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cantonnement » 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).

cantonnement vs cautionnement
85% similar

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

Key facts for cantonnement
PropertyValue
Headwordcantonnement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#37,217
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cantonnement »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « called » (#37,216), « capa » (#37,218), « Cahill » (#37,215). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cantonnement » est au #37,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around cantonnement (IPA \kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,217 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantonnement, with forms such as "acntonnement", "canntonnement", and "canotnnement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cautionnement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cantonnement, spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    État des troupes cantonnées. ^([1])
  2. 2
    Lieu dans lequel les troupes cantonnent. ^([1])
  3. 3
    Espace limité, réservé à certains usages. ^([1])
  4. 4
    Zone délimitée dans laquelle la capture d’espèces marines est soit interdite, soit limitée dans le temps ou réservée à certains engins, en vue d’une meilleure gestion des ressources halieutiques. ^([2])
  5. 5
    Limitation des droits d’un créancier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les troupe badoises commencent ainsi à quitter nos environs pour entrer en cantonnement dans les arrondissements de Saverne et de Wissembourg. Le quartier-général badois a été transféré avant-hier à Brumath.
  2. En qualité de maréchal des logis, il s’occupait du cantonnement des troupes. Bien entendu, il choisit comme logement, pour lui, la maison de la charmante brune.

This word in other languages

box(English)acantonamiento(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acntonnement
  • canntonnement
  • canotnnement
  • cantnonement
  • cantonement
  • cantonenment
  • cantonneemnt
  • cantonnemennt
  • cantonnementt
  • cantonnemetn
  • cantonnemment
  • cantonnemnet
  • cantonnmeent
  • canttonnement
  • catnonnement
  • ccantonnement
  • cnatonnement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantonnement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acntonnement2canntonnement1canotnnement2cantnonement2cantonement1cantonenment2cantonneemnt2cantonnemennt1
Edit distance from "cantonnement"

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 "cantonnement"?
"cantonnement" is spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\.
What does "cantonnement" mean?
As a noun, "cantonnement" means: État des troupes cantonnées. ^([1])
What words are commonly confused with "cantonnement"?
"cantonnement" is commonly confused with "cautionnement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cantonnement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cantonnement" is \kɑ̃.tɔn.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cantonnement" come from?
"cantonnement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bureaucrates#37,212consensuelle#37,244continentaux#37,247dissociation#37,276

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

dépositions17 variantsfiscalement17 variantsflamboyante17 variantsfondatrices17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list