canna
/ˈkænə/
"canna" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“canna” is uncommon English (frequency #53,425 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,425
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-canna · canna · English
canna · rank #53,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,425
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Calabasas
Nearest frequency peer: Calabasas (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “canna”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- budgie
budgie
46,582 corpus weight
- Calabasas
Calabasas
46,577 corpus weight
- canna
canna
46,576 corpus weight
- capsicum
capsicum
46,575 corpus weight
- cardiopulmo…
cardiopulmonary
46,573 corpus weight
- Cayuga
Cayuga
46,571 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “canna” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkænə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canna” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
canna is uncommon English at frequency #53,425 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkænə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.".
canna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon,… The correct English form is canna, spelled C-A-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon, canal, and channel. Doublet of cane and kaneh.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.