gai comme le canal
\ɡe kɔm lə ka.nal\
The verdict
“gai comme le canal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gai-comme-le-canal · gai comme le canal · French
gai comme le canal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gai comme le canal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡe kɔm lə ka.nal\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gai comme le canal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gai comme le canal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡe kɔm lə ka.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Morose.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gai comme le canal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 gai comme le canal, spelled G-A-I- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -C-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Morose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gai comme le canal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« GAI COMME LE CANAL ». Cette expression d’effroi glacé n'est pas usurpée quand nous prend l’idée saugrenue de sillonner les parties les plus urbaines des canaux de l’Ourcq et de Saint-Denis.
Le premier, tout juste sorti de cinq années de collaboration, où il aura tout enduré, gai comme le canal, au charisme gourmé d'un notaire en deuil, l'air presque stoïque s'il n'affectait le dos voûté de ceux qu'écrase le destin ; […].
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.