canule
\ka.nyl\
The verdict
“canule” is uncommon French (frequency #72,991 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,991
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit tuyau arrondi et percé d’un ou de plusieurs trous à l’une de ses extrémités et que l’on adapte au bout d’une seringue ou d’un tube à injection.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.nyl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
canule is uncommon French at frequency #72,991 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.nyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for canule, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is canule, spelled C-A-N-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petit tuyau arrondi et percé d’un ou de plusieurs trous à l’une de ses extrémités et que l’on adapte au bout d’une seringue ou d’un tube à injection.
- 2Certains instruments allongés, cylindriques, creux, faits de différentes matières, qui servent à injecter, à tenir ouvertes des plaies profondes.
- 3Sorte de tuyau ou robinet de bois qu’on met à un tonneau en perce.
This word in other languages
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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Using “canule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-N-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.nyl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.