canallas

/[kaˈnaʝas]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,470

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

canallas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de canalla. Pronounced [kaˈnaʝas]. Often confused with canilla and Canarias.

Key facts for canallas
PropertyValue
Headwordcanallas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kaˈnaʝas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,470
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of canallas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for canallas is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈnaʝas]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,470 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de canalla.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for canallas, with forms such as "acnallas", "caanllas", and "canalals". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "canilla", "Canarias", "casillas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is canallas, spelled C-A-N-A-L-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de canalla.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acnallas,caanllas,canalals,canalas,canallass,canallsa,canlalas,cannallas,ccanallas,cnaallas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for canallas

Misspelling Variants of "canallas"

acnallas8caanllas8canalals8canalas7canallass9canallsa8canlalas8cannallas9
Misspelling Variants of "canallas"

Frequency rank: #33,470 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canallas"?
"canallas" is spelled C-A-N-A-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈnaʝas].
What does "canallas" mean?
As an adj, "canallas" means: Forma del plural de canalla.
What words are commonly confused with "canallas"?
"canallas" is commonly confused with "canilla", "Canarias", "casillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "canallas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canallas" is [kaˈnaʝas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "canallas" come from?
"canallas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.