canaco
[kaˈnako]
The verdict
“canaco” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,076 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #96,076
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente a alguno de los grupos polinesios y melanesios que pobló orignalmente parte de Oceanía, como Nueva Caledonia, Tahití, Hawái y otras islas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈnako] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canaco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for canaco is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈnako]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,076 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Perteneciente a alguno de los grupos polinesios y melanesios que pobló orignalmente parte de Oceanía, como Nueva Caledonia, Tahití, Hawái y otras islas.".
canaco doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is canaco, spelled C-A-N-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente a alguno de los grupos polinesios y melanesios que pobló orignalmente parte de Oceanía, como Nueva Caledonia, Tahití, Hawái y otras islas.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “canaco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈnako] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.