caña de azúcar
[ˈkaɲa ð̞e aˈsukaɾ]
The verdict
“caña de azúcar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Saccharum officinarum) Planta gramínea, originaria de la India, con el tallo leñoso, de unos dos metros de altura, hojas largas, lampiñas, y flores en panoja piramidal purpúreas; el tallo está lle...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caña de azúcar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkaɲa ð̞e aˈsukaɾ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caña de azúcar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caña de azúcar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈkaɲa ð̞e aˈsukaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Saccharum officinarum) Planta gramínea, originaria de la India, con el tallo leñoso, de unos dos metros de altura, hojas largas, lampiñas, y flores en panoja piramidal purpúreas; el tallo está lle...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caña de azúcar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is caña de azúcar, spelled C-A-Ñ-A- -D-E- -A-Z-Ú-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1(Saccharum officinarum) Planta gramínea, originaria de la India, con el tallo leñoso, de unos dos metros de altura, hojas largas, lampiñas, y flores en panoja piramidal purpúreas; el tallo está lleno de un tejido esponjoso y dulce del que se extrae azúcar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “caña de azúcar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-Ñ-A- -D-E- -A-Z-Ú-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaɲa ð̞e aˈsukaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.