dogue des Canaries

noun

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The verdict

“dogue des Canaries” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Race de chien dogue originaire des îles Canaries, à poil court, fauve ou bringé.

Key facts for dogue des Canaries
PropertyValue
Headworddogue des Canaries
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dogue des Canaries” sits in French frequency

dogue des Canaries falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dogue des Canaries is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de chien dogue originaire des îles Canaries, à poil court, fauve ou bringé.".

Zero misspellings are on record for dogue des Canaries in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dogue des Canaries, spelled D-O-G-U-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-N-A-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race de chien dogue originaire des îles Canaries, à poil court, fauve ou bringé.

Synonyms

dogo canario

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dogue des Canaries"?
"dogue des Canaries" is spelled D-O-G-U-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-N-A-R-I-E-S.
What does "dogue des Canaries" mean?
As a noun, "dogue des Canaries" means: Race de chien dogue originaire des îles Canaries, à poil court, fauve ou bringé.
What language does "dogue des Canaries" come from?
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Using “dogue des Canaries”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-O-G-U-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-N-A-R-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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