canis
The verdict
“canis” is uncommon German (frequency #56,855 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,855
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hund, Hündin
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
canis is uncommon German at frequency #56,855 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for canis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is canis, spelled C-A-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Hund, Hündin
- 2schlechtester Wurf beim Würfeln
- 3die Ungläubigen
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “canis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-N-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.