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Canuck

Can·uck/kəˈnʌk/noun, adjective

Canuck is spelled C-A-N-U-C-K: 6 letters and 2 syllables (Can·uck). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, Canuck means “A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Canuck is Canucks.

How many letters and syllables are in Canuck?

Letters6: C-A-N-U-C-K
Syllables2: Can·uck
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th 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 Canuck?

Canuck appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 Canuck?

  • US /kəˈnʌk/
  • US /kəˈnʊk/

Canuck has 2 syllables, split Can·uck in writing.

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

What rhymes with Canuck?

6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Canuck from its last stressed vowel (/ʌk/):

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 Canuck

  • Canucks plural
  • canuck
  • Canack
  • Cannack
  • Canuc
  • canuc
  • Canuk
  • Conuck
  • Cunnuck
  • Kanuck
  • Kanuk
  • K'nuck
  • more Canuck comparative
  • most Canuck superlative

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

What does Canuck mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    CanadaUSderogatoryinformalA Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.

  2. 2

    CanadaUSderogatoryinformalA member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

  3. 3

    CanadaUSderogatoryinformalChiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.

  4. 4

    rareA thing from Canada.

  5. 5

    rareThe Avro Canada CF-100 fighter-interceptor aircraft, in use between 1952 and 1981.

  6. 6

    USobsoleterareA Canadian horse or pony.

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatoryOf, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people; Canadian.

  2. 2

    Of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

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

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