canvas
\ˈkæn.vəs\
The verdict
“canvas” is uncommon French (frequency #63,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,599
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canevas, toile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-canvas · canvas · French
canvas · rank #63,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,599
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH camoufle
Nearest frequency peer: camoufle (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « canvas »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- caloriques
caloriques
36,405 corpus weight
- camoufle
camoufle
36,403 corpus weight
- canvas
canvas
36,402 corpus weight
- captant
captant
36,401 corpus weight
- cardon
cardon
36,400 corpus weight
- cari
cari
36,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « canvas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canvas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkæn.vəs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « canvas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
canvas is uncommon French at frequency #63,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkæn.vəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
canvas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canvas, spelled C-A-N-V-A-S.
Definition
- 1Canevas, toile.
- 2Bâche.
- 3Tente.
- 4Voile.
- 5Proposition commerciale, base de travail créatif.
- 6Sondage d’opinion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how canvas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to side and plowed out his pathway. (The Jungle Book - Rudyar…
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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