# canned

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kænd/ · frequency rank #12,557

## Definitions
1. Preserved in cans.
2. Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.
3. Drunk.
4. Terminated, fired from a job.
5. Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.

## Easily confused with
- **cared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cared)
- **canoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-canoe)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-caved)
- **canny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-canny)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-carne)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cased)
- **cannot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cannot)
- **caused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-caused)
- **cannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cannon)
- **carved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-carved)
- **capped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-capped)
- **Cannes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cannes)
- **coined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-coined)
- **Carney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-carney)
- **cashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-cashed)
- **canoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-canoes)
- **conned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-conned)
- **carded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-carded)
- **canter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-canter)
- **corned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canned-vs-corned)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acnned`, `caned`, `canend`, `cannde`, `cannedd`, `ccanned`, `cnaned`

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