cancel
[kãnˈsel]
The verdict
“cancel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,187 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Armazón de madera con que se impide la entrada del viento y el ruido en las iglesias y salas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cancel · cancel · Spanish
cancel · rank #65,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,187
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH campestres
Nearest frequency peer: campestres (-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 “cancel”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- calcinado
calcinado
34,819 corpus weight
- calida
calida
34,817 corpus weight
- campestres
campestres
34,815 corpus weight
- cancel
cancel
34,814 corpus weight
- cantería
cantería
34,813 corpus weight
- canónicas
canónicas
34,812 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cancel” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cancel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kãnˈsel] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cancel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cancel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,187 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kãnˈsel]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
cancel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cancel, spelled C-A-N-C-E-L.
Definition
- 1Armazón de madera con que se impide la entrada del viento y el ruido en las iglesias y salas.
- 2En palacio, vidriera detrás de la cual se pone el rey en la capilla, y aunque le ven los que están en ella, se reputa como si no estuviese, porque no se le hacen las cortesías.
- 3Panderete, tabique de ladrillo.
- 4Reja baja en las tapias de un jardín.
- 5Término o límite hasta donde se puede extender alguna cosa.
This word in other languages
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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