cantina

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The verdict

“cantina” is uncommon German (frequency #87,541 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,541
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Keller

Corpus desk

Index DE-cantina · cantina · German

cantina · rank #87,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,541
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH casas

Nearest frequency peer: casas (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cantina“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cantina“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cantina
PropertyValue
Headwordcantina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cantina“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).cantinafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „casas“ (#87,542), „Catholic“ (#87,543), „Büroräumen“ (#87,538). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cantina“ bei #87,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cantina is uncommon German at frequency #87,541 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cantina in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cantina, spelled C-A-N-T-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Keller
  2. 2
    der Weinkeller
  3. 3
    die Kellerei

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cantina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Porta le cose nella cantina di casa.

Synonyms

cantina sociale

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cantina"?
"cantina" is spelled C-A-N-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cantina" mean?
As a noun, "cantina" means: der Keller
How do you pronounce "cantina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cantina" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cantina" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cantina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chengdu#87,551bronzen#87,523Bottich#87,514Deckels#87,577

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list