cannabis
[ˈkan.na.bɪs]
The verdict
“cannabis” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,629 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cáñamo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cannabis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkan.na.bɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cannabis” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cannabis is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkan.na.bɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cáñamo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cannabis, with forms such as "acnnabis", "canabis", and "cananbis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cannabis, spelled C-A-N-N-A-B-I-S.
Definition
- 1Cáñamo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acnnabis,canabis,cananbis,cannabbis,cannabiss,cannabsi,cannaibs,cannavis,cannbais,ccannabis,cnanabis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cannabis - 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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Using “cannabis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-N-A-B-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkan.na.bɪs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.