canine
[ˈkeɪˌnaɪn]
The verdict
“canine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hunde betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-canine · canine · German
canine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkeɪˌnaɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „canine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
canine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkeɪˌnaɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for canine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is canine, spelled C-A-N-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Hunde betreffend
- 2Hunden vergleichbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A program for training canine behaviour.
"London’s canine population."
Synonyms
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.