cancelar

/[kãnseˈlaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,111

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

cancelar is aSpanishverb. It means: Anular, deshacer una orden. Pronounced [kãnseˈlaɾ]. It ranks #7,111 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cáncer and canela.

Key facts for cancelar
PropertyValue
Headwordcancelar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kãnseˈlaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,111
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cancelar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãnseˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,111 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cancelar, with forms such as "acncelar", "cacnelar", and "canccelar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cáncer", "canela", "Candela", 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 cancelar, spelled C-A-N-C-E-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anular, deshacer una orden.
  2. 2
    Borrar, eliminar un registro o una nota.
  3. 3
    Terminar de pagar un préstamo o una deuda.
  4. 4
    Finalizar anticipadamente un proceso.
  5. 5
    Quitar a ambos lados de una ecuación un término en común, o también eliminarlo del numerador y denominador de una expresión fraccionaria.
  6. 6
    Neutralizar, aplicar un efecto opuesto a algo para equilibrarlo.
  7. 7
    Dejar de tenerle estima y de honrar a una persona, en especial cuando es en masa.
  8. 8
    Expulsar a un empleado.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acncelar,cacnelar,canccelar,cancealr,cancelarr,cancellar,cancelra,canclear,caneclar,canncelar,canselar,ccancelar,cnacelar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cancelar

Misspelling Variants of "cancelar"

acncelar8cacnelar8canccelar9cancealr8cancelarr9cancellar9cancelra8canclear8
Misspelling Variants of "cancelar"

Frequency rank: #7,111 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cancelar"?
"cancelar" is spelled C-A-N-C-E-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kãnseˈlaɾ].
What does "cancelar" mean?
As a verb, "cancelar" means: Anular, deshacer una orden.
What words are commonly confused with "cancelar"?
"cancelar" is commonly confused with "cáncer", "canela", "Candela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cancelar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cancelar" is [kãnseˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cancelar" come from?
"cancelar" 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.