# canine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkeɪnaɪn/ · frequency rank #18,778

## Definitions
1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
2. Dog-like.
3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
4. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

## Etymology
From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, doglike, dogtooth”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

## Easily confused with
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-cine)
- **canon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canon)
- **canoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canoe)
- **canny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canny)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-carne)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-caring)
- **casino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-casino)
- **canned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canned)
- **Cannes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-cannes)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-casing)
- **Celine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-celine)
- **Capone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-capone)
- **Carina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-carina)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-caving)
- **canning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-canning)
- **cyanide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-cyanide)
- **carmine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-carmine)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-confine)
- **carbine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-carbine)
- **cantina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-cantina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acnine`, `cainne`, `canien`, `caninne`, `cannie`, `cannine`, `ccanine`, `cnaine`

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