kanon

\kãnɔ̃n\

/\kãnɔ̃n\/ noun

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The verdict

“kanon” is uncommon French (frequency #99,253 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,253
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canon, ensemble de règles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kanon · kanon · French

kanon · rank #99,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,253
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kanjis

Nearest frequency peer: kanjis (-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 « kanon »

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 « kanon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kanon
PropertyValue
Headwordkanon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kãnɔ̃n\
Letters5
Frequency rank#99,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kanon » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « kanjis » (#99,252), « kassos » (#99,254), « kaiju » (#99,251). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kanon » est au #99,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kanon is uncommon French at frequency #99,253 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kãnɔ̃n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kanon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is kanon, spelled K-A-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Canon, ensemble de règles.
  2. 2
    Canon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Najstarszy i najdłużej obowiązujący był kanon sztuki starożytnego Egiptu.
  2. Bardzo lubię słuchać kanonów z Taizé.

Synonyms

ustawa

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 "kanon"?
"kanon" is spelled K-A-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kãnɔ̃n\.
What does "kanon" mean?
As a noun, "kanon" means: Canon, ensemble de règles.
How do you pronounce "kanon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kanon" is \kãnɔ̃n\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kanon" come from?
"kanon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kaiju#99,251Juxta#99,248Jussy#99,245Julen#99,244

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list