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Canadian

Can·ad·ian/kəˈneɪ.di.ən/adjective, noun

Canadian is spelled C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (Can·ad·ian). It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Canadian means “Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Canadian?

Letters8: C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N
Syllables3: Can·ad·ian
In writing50 times per million words; the 2,041st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Canadian?

Canadian appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Canadian?

  • US /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/
  • US [kʰəˈneɪ.ɾi.ən]
  • UK /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/

Canadian has 3 syllables, split Can·ad·ian in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-Canadian.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Canadian?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Canadian from its last stressed vowel (/eɪdiən/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of Canadian

  • more Canadian comparative
  • most Canadian superlative
  • Canadians plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Canadian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.

  2. 2

    informalOf, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.

  3. 3

    informalnonstandardOf, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French.

noun

  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of Canada.

  2. 2

    informalCanadian national championship.

  3. 3

    canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Canadian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcanadien (of or pertaining to Canada), Canadien, Canadienne (person from Canada)
Germankanadisch (of or pertaining to Canada), Kanadier, Kanadierin (person from Canada), kanadischenglisch, kanadisch-englisch (of or pertaining to Canadian (the language)…)
Portuguesecanadense, canadiano (of or pertaining to Canada), canadiana (person from Canada)
Spanishcanadiense (of or pertaining to Canada)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Canadian come from?

From Canada (noun) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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