cancel
[kãnˈsel]
The verdict
“cancel” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #65,187 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Armazón de madera con que se impide la entrada del viento y el ruido en las iglesias y salas.
| 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) |
Where “cancel” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cancel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãnˈsel]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,187 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “cancel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-C-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kãnˈsel] (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.