cantina
/kænˈti.nə/noun
cantina is spelled C-A-N-T-I-N-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cantina means “A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cantina is cantinas.
How many letters and syllables are in cantina?
| Letters | 7: C-A-N-T-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 cantina?
Cantina appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 cantina?
- UK /kænˈtiː.nə/
- US /kænˈti.nə/
- US [kʰɛənˈti.nə]
Cantina has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cantina.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cantina?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cantina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/):
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 cantina
- cantinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cantina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- 2
A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cantina come from?
From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).