canapé
[kanaˈpe]
The verdict
“canapé” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,691 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,691
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escaño que comúnmente tiene acolchados el asiento y el respaldo para mayor comodidad, y sirve para sentarse o acostarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-canape · canapé · Spanish
canapé · rank #71,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,691
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH canotaje
Nearest frequency peer: canotaje (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “canapé”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- camarines
camarines
28,314 corpus weight
- camélidos
camélidos
28,312 corpus weight
- canapé
canapé
28,310 corpus weight
- canotaje
canotaje
28,309 corpus weight
- cardiacas
cardiacas
28,307 corpus weight
- carnosas
carnosas
28,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “canapé” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canapé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kanaˈpe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “canapé” en español
Rare enough to double-check
canapé is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,691 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kanaˈpe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
canapé has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is canapé, spelled C-A-N-A-P-É.
Definition
- 1Escaño que comúnmente tiene acolchados el asiento y el respaldo para mayor comodidad, y sirve para sentarse o acostarse.
- 2Soporte acolchado que se tiende encima de un colchón.
- 3Aperitivo de pequeño tamaño, de ingredientes variados montado sobre un soporte de hojaldre, pan o similar.
Synonyms
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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