caníbal
[kaˈniβ̞al]
The verdict
“caníbal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,442
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que come carne humana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-canibal · caníbal · Spanish
caníbal · rank #43,442 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,442
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH capiteles
Nearest frequency peer: capiteles (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “caníbal”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- campanadas
campanadas
56,563 corpus weight
- cancelo
cancelo
56,562 corpus weight
- canjear
canjear
56,561 corpus weight
- caníbal
caníbal
56,559 corpus weight
- capiteles
capiteles
56,558 corpus weight
- cariz
cariz
56,557 corpus weight
What this shows “caníbal” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caníbal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈniβ̞al] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “caníbal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around caníbal (IPA [kaˈniβ̞al]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,442 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for caníbal, with forms such as "acníbal", "canbíal", and "canníbal". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "canina", "capital", "canicas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is caníbal, spelled C-A-N-Í-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que come carne humana.
- 2Se dice de los habitantes de las tribus de las Antillas, de quienes se creía que comían carne humana.
- 3Referido a una persona: feroz y sanguinaria.
- 4Referido a un animal: que come carne de miembros de su propia especie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caníbal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Ah! Come de mí, come de mi carne ¡Ah! Entre caníbales
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acníbal
- canbíal
- canníbal
- caníabl
- caníball
- caníbbal
- caníbla
- caníval
- caínbal
- ccaníbal
- cnaíbal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caníbal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caníbal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).