cáñamo
[ˈkaɲamo]
The verdict
“cáñamo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cannabis sativa. Planta industrial de uso textiles
Corpus desk
Index ES-canamo · cáñamo · Spanish
cáñamo · rank #27,558 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH curarse
Nearest frequency peer: curarse (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cáñamo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cuatrimestre
cuatrimestre
72,447 corpus weight
- cuellos
cuellos
72,446 corpus weight
- curarse
curarse
72,444 corpus weight
- cáñamo
cáñamo
72,443 corpus weight
- cívicos
cívicos
72,442 corpus weight
- def
def
72,439 corpus weight
What this shows “cáñamo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cáñamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaɲamo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cáñamo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cáñamo (IPA [ˈkaɲamo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,558 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cáñamo, with forms such as "ccáñamo", "cáañmo", and "cáñammo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caño", "canto", "Cañas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cáñamo, spelled C-Á-Ñ-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Cannabis sativa. Planta industrial de uso textiles
- 2Fibra de cáñamo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccáñamo
- cáañmo
- cáñammo
- cáñaom
- cáñmao
- cñáamo
- ácñamo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cáñamo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cáñamo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).