Cannabis

/[ˈkanabɪs]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,737

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Cannabis is aGermannoun. It means: fachsprachlich für die Pflanzengattung Hanf Pronounced [ˈkanabɪs]. It ranks #7,737 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Cannabis
PropertyValue
HeadwordCannabis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkanabɪs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,737
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Cannabis in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Cannabis is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkanabɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,737 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Cannabis, with forms such as "acnnabis", "canabis", and "cananbis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Cannabis, spelled C-A-N-N-A-B-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fachsprachlich für die Pflanzengattung Hanf
  2. 2
    Sammelbezeichnung für verschiedene Rauschmittel, die aus Hanfsorten gewonnen werden

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acnnabis,canabis,cananbis,cannabbis,cannabiss,cannabsi,cannaibs,cannbais,ccannabis,cnanabis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Cannabis

Misspelling Variants of "Cannabis"

acnnabis8canabis7cananbis8cannabbis9cannabiss9cannabsi8cannaibs8cannbais8
Misspelling Variants of "Cannabis"

Frequency rank: #7,737 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cannabis"?
"Cannabis" is spelled C-A-N-N-A-B-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkanabɪs].
What does "Cannabis" mean?
As a noun, "Cannabis" means: fachsprachlich für die Pflanzengattung Hanf
What are common misspellings of "Cannabis"?
Common misspellings include "acnnabis", "canabis", "cananbis", "cannabbis", "cannabiss". The correct spelling is "Cannabis".
How do you pronounce "Cannabis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cannabis" is [ˈkanabɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cannabis" come from?
"Cannabis" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.