CNRC

noun

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The verdict

“CNRC” is uncommon French (frequency #86,553 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,553
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conseil national de recherche du Canada.

Key facts for CNRC
PropertyValue
HeadwordCNRC
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#86,553
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “CNRC” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). CNRC lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CNRC is uncommon French at frequency #86,553 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conseil national de recherche du Canada.".

No misspelling variants are generated for CNRC in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is CNRC, spelled C-N-R-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conseil national de recherche du Canada.

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 "CNRC"?
"CNRC" is spelled C-N-R-C.
What does "CNRC" mean?
As a noun, "CNRC" means: Conseil national de recherche du Canada.
What language does "CNRC" come from?
"CNRC" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “CNRC”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-N-R-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list