# Canada

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkænədə/ · frequency rank #1,134

## Definitions
1. A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.
2. Lower Canada 1791–1840 (also Canada East 1840–1867, now province of Quebec) or respectively Upper Canada (Canada West, now province of Ontario), often “the Canadas” (or politically, “United Canada” 1840–1867).
3. (1608–1763) The most active province of New France. Nowadays corresponds to the territory of much of Quebec, Ontario, and several US states (aligning with the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa River plains and Great Lakes plains, and Laurentians).
4. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

## Easily confused with
- **candy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-candy)
- **canal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-canal)
- **canary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-canary)
- **Canola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-canola)
- **candida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-candida)
- **Canadian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canada-vs-canadian)
- **Cana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cana-vs-canada)
- **Canaan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canaan-vs-canada)
- **cabana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabana-vs-canada)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acnada`, `caanda`, `canaad`, `canadda`, `candaa`, `cannada`, `ccanada`, `cnaada`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/canada