canis
/ˈka.nis/
The verdict
“canis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,607
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perro, perra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-canis · canis · Spanish
canis · rank #44,607 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,607
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH canicas
Nearest frequency peer: canicas (-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 “canis”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- canicas
canicas
55,395 corpus weight
- canis
canis
55,394 corpus weight
- cannon
cannon
55,393 corpus weight
- caníbales
caníbales
55,392 corpus weight
- captados
captados
55,391 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterizadas
55,390 corpus weight
What this shows “canis” 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 | canis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.nis/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “canis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around canis (IPA /ˈka.nis/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,607 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for canis, with forms such as "acnis", "cains", and "caniss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cas", "cis", "casi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is canis, spelled C-A-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Perro, perra.
- 2Perro, canalla, infame, comparsa.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acnis
- cains
- caniss
- cannis
- cansi
- ccanis
- cnais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "canis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).