cáncer

/[ˈkãnseɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,844

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cáncer is aSpanishnoun. It means: Enfermedad en la que las células de varios tejidos del cuerpo inician una proliferación descontrolada y con frecuencia veloz. Pronounced [ˈkãnseɾ]. It ranks #1,844 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cante and cauce.

Key facts for cáncer
PropertyValue
Headwordcáncer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkãnseɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,844
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cáncer is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkãnseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,844 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cáncer, with forms such as "ccáncer", "cnácer", and "cácner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cante", "cauce", "canje", 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 cáncer, spelled C-Á-N-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfermedad en la que las células de varios tejidos del cuerpo inician una proliferación descontrolada y con frecuencia veloz.
  2. 2
    Tumor maligno.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccáncer,cnácer,cácner,cánccer,cáncerr,cáncre,cánecr,cánncer,cánser,ácncer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cáncer

Misspelling Variants of "cáncer"

ccáncer7cnácer6cácner6cánccer7cáncerr7cáncre6cánecr6cánncer7
Misspelling Variants of "cáncer"

Frequency rank: #1,844 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cáncer"?
"cáncer" is spelled C-Á-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkãnseɾ].
What does "cáncer" mean?
As a noun, "cáncer" means: Enfermedad en la que las células de varios tejidos del cuerpo inician una proliferación descontrolada y con frecuencia veloz.
What words are commonly confused with "cáncer"?
"cáncer" is commonly confused with "cante", "cauce", "canje". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cáncer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cáncer" is [ˈkãnseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cáncer" come from?
"cáncer" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.