La Canée
\la ka.ne\
The verdict
“La Canée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville portuaire de l’île de Crète, dont elle est deuxième plus grande ville. Elle est située à l’Ouest de l’île, dans une baie sur sa façade égéenne, à l’emplacement de l’ancienne cité minoenne de ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | La Canée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \la ka.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “La Canée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
La Canée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \la ka.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for La Canée, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 La Canée, spelled L-A- -C-A-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Ville portuaire de l’île de Crète, dont elle est deuxième plus grande ville. Elle est située à l’Ouest de l’île, dans une baie sur sa façade égéenne, à l’emplacement de l’ancienne cité minoenne de Cydon, au nord des montagnes Blanches.
- 2Un dème de Crète.
- 3Jusqu’en 2011, un nome de Crète.
- 4Depuis 2011, celui des districts régionaux de Crète qui couvre le quart ouest de l’île.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “La Canée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A- -C-A-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la ka.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.