La Canée

\la ka.ne\

/\la ka.ne\/ name

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 ...

Key facts for La Canée
PropertyValue
HeadwordLa Canée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\la ka.ne\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “La Canée” sits in French frequency

La Canée 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

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

  1. 1
    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 Cydon, au nord des montagnes Blanches.
  2. 2
    Un dème de Crète.
  3. 3
    Jusqu’en 2011, un nome de Crète.
  4. 4
    Depuis 2011, celui des districts régionaux de Crète qui couvre le quart ouest de l’île.

Synonyms

ChaniáHaniaCydonCydoniaKydonia

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "La Canée"?
"La Canée" is spelled L-A- -C-A-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la ka.ne\.
What does "La Canée" mean?
As a proper noun, "La Canée" means: 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 ...
How do you pronounce "La Canée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "La Canée" is \la ka.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "La Canée" come from?
"La Canée" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list