canvas
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The verdict
“canvas” is uncommon German (frequency #71,202 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,202
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segeltuch, Segel
Corpus desk
Index DE-canvas · canvas · German
canvas · rank #71,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,202
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH cai
Nearest frequency peer: cai (-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 „canvas“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Büchners
Büchners
28,804 corpus weight
- cai
cai
28,800 corpus weight
- canvas
canvas
28,799 corpus weight
- Cartagena
Cartagena
28,796 corpus weight
- CDA
CDA
28,795 corpus weight
- cellulite
cellulite
28,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „canvas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canvas |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „canvas“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
canvas is uncommon German at frequency #71,202 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for canvas in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is canvas, spelled C-A-N-V-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segeltuch, Segel
- 2Zeltleinwand, Packleinwand
- 3Kanevas, Stramin
- 4Leinwand, Malerleinwand
- 5Ölgemälde, Gemälde
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).