cantons
\kɑ̃.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“cantons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,818
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de canton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cantons · cantons · French
cantons · rank #8,818 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,818
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chrétiennes
Nearest frequency peer: chrétiennes (+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 « cantons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Brigitte
Brigitte
91,186 corpus weight
- brosse
brosse
91,185 corpus weight
- cantons
cantons
91,183 corpus weight
- chrétiennes
chrétiennes
91,182 corpus weight
- clairs
clairs
91,181 corpus weight
- clergé
clergé
91,180 corpus weight
What this shows « cantons » 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 | cantons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cantons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around cantons (IPA \kɑ̃.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,818 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de canton.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantons, with forms such as "acntons", "canntons", and "canotns". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caton", "carton", "canyon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cantons, spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de canton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cantons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La soûle resta en pratique, et jusqu’au milieu du XIXᵉ siècle il y eut des soûleurs dans les cantons du centre de la Bretagne.
Depuis le matin, les Cantons de l’Est sont envahis par un froid sibérien: le thermomètre est descendu à moins quarante degrés.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acntons
- canntons
- canotns
- cantnos
- cantonns
- cantonss
- cantosn
- canttons
- catnons
- ccantons
- cnatons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantons - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cantons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).