canica
[kaˈnika]
The verdict
“canica” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,232 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,232
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeña esfera de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-canica · canica · Spanish
canica · rank #75,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,232
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH candor
Nearest frequency peer: candor (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “canica”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Camiroaga
Camiroaga
24,773 corpus weight
- candor
candor
24,770 corpus weight
- canica
canica
24,769 corpus weight
- caparazones
caparazones
24,768 corpus weight
- cardón
cardón
24,766 corpus weight
- cauta
cauta
24,764 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “canica” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “canica” en español
Rare enough to double-check
canica is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,232 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for canica in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is canica, spelled C-A-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña esfera de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
- 2Juego que se juega con canicas₁.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las canicas. Las habia de piedra barnizada, como hoy; de jaspe, que escaseaban mucho; de cristal, que eran la octava maravilla, y por último, de betun, plebe de las canicas. Las de piedra, que eran las más usuales, costaban á cuarto en la tienda de Bohigas; pero sacadas á la calle, áun sin estrenar, no valían más que tres maravedís; el otro se echaba á ca…
El juego se inicia cuando los participantes, por turno, a través del camino, impulsan con el dedo pulgar e índice una canica con el fin de que llegue a introducirla en el hoyito más próximo hasta llegar a la meta. En caso de que uno de los participantes, en su intento de impulsar la canica, la desvíe fuera del camino, sin lograr introducirla en el hoyo qu…
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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