Canadian football

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The verdict

“Canadian football” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Kanada ausgeübtes Ballspiel, dem American Football ähnlich, aber mit zwölf Spielern pro Mannschaft

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Index DE-canadian-football · Canadian football · German

Canadian football · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for Canadian football
PropertyValue
HeadwordCanadian football
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Canadian football“ im Deutschen

Canadian footballsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Canadian football is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Kanada ausgeübtes Ballspiel, dem American Football ähnlich, aber mit zwölf Spielern pro Mannschaft".

Canadian football has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 German form is Canadian football, spelled C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N- -F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Kanada ausgeübtes Ballspiel, dem American Football ähnlich, aber mit zwölf Spielern pro Mannschaft

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 "Canadian football"?
"Canadian football" is spelled C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N- -F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Canadian football" mean?
As a noun, "Canadian football" means: in Kanada ausgeübtes Ballspiel, dem American Football ähnlich, aber mit zwölf Spielern pro Mannschaft
How do you pronounce "Canadian football"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Canadian football" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Canadian football" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list