canyoning

\ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\

/\ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“canyoning” is uncommon French (frequency #84,611 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,611
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de canyonisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-canyoning · canyoning · French

canyoning · rank #84,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,611
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH canuts

Nearest frequency peer: canuts (-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 « canyoning »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « canyoning » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for canyoning
PropertyValue
Headwordcanyoning
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#84,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « canyoning » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.canyoningtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « canuts » (#84,610), « capron » (#84,612), « Canuel » (#84,609). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « canyoning » est au #84,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canyoning is uncommon French at frequency #84,611 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de canyonisme.".

canyoning has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is canyoning, spelled C-A-N-Y-O-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de canyonisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Faut-il craindre une interdiction de la plongée sous-marine en cœur de parc, comme ce fut le cas pour le canyoning, suite au conflit environnemental entourant cette pratique ?

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 "canyoning"?
"canyoning" is spelled C-A-N-Y-O-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\.
What does "canyoning" mean?
As a noun, "canyoning" means: Variante de canyonisme.
How do you pronounce "canyoning"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canyoning" is \ka.ɲɔ.niŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list