| Subject | French | English |
| gen. | faire un canular à | play a hoax on somebody (quelqu'un) |
| gen. | je subodore un canular | I can smell a hoax |
| comp., MS | programme canular inoffensif | joke program (A program designed to amuse or scare a user, for example by imitating the actions of a virus, without actually harming the computer) |
| comp. | virus canular | virus hoax |