canelón
[kaneˈlõn]
The verdict
“canelón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,624 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,624
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Myrsine laetevirens) Árbol suramericano de hojas verde oscuro y flores pequeñas que puede alcanzar los ocho metros de altura y es de uso común en industria y ornamentación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canelón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaneˈlõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canelón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
canelón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,624 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaneˈlõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for canelón in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 canelón, spelled C-A-N-E-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Myrsine laetevirens) Árbol suramericano de hojas verde oscuro y flores pequeñas que puede alcanzar los ocho metros de altura y es de uso común en industria y ornamentación.
- 2Bola hecha con una masa azucarada que contiene un trozo de canela.
- 3Trabajo consistente en flecos, borlas, cordones y otros colgantes de forma tubular que adornan vestimentas como los uniformes militares o alguna ropa femenina.
- 4Punto canelón.
- 5Extremo de los ramales de las disciplinas, más grueso y retorcido que ellos.
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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Using “canelón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-E-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaneˈlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.