canon
[ˈkanõn]
The verdict
“canon” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,948 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,948
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Regla o serie de reglas establecidas o aceptadas dentro de un arte concreto.
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 | canon |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkanõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canon” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for canon is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkanõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,948 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for canon, with forms such as "acnon", "canno", and "canonn". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "caso", "coño", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is canon, spelled C-A-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Regla o serie de reglas establecidas o aceptadas dentro de un arte concreto.
- 2Regla o serie de reglas consuetudinarias establecidas o aceptadas dentro de una actividad.
- 3Modelo considerado ideal por la adecuación de sus características, ya sea por motivos estéticos o técnicos.
- 4Catálogo de obras, normalmente considerado como referencia.
- 5Regla de las proporciones humanas conforme al tipo ideal de una cultura concreta.
- 6Norma o regla acordada en un concilio de la Iglesia Católica.
- 7Conjunto de oraciones y plegarias de la misa católica que siguen al prefacio y terminan antes del padrenuestro.
- 8Libro utilizado como guía en el canon de la misa.
- 9Conjunto de textos considerados sagrados por una confesión religiosa.
- 10Gravamen establecido por el uso o disfrute de un bien o servicio.
- 11Renta exigida por el arriendo de un inmueble.
- 12Rédito periódico que el censatario tiene obligación de pagar al censualista.
- 13tipos de letra de veinticuatro puntos de cuerpo.
- 14Forma de composición musical de carácter polifónico, en el que una voz interpreta una melodía, y es seguida, a distancia de ciertos compases, por sucesivas voces que la repiten, en algunos casos transformada en su tonalidad u otros aspectos, en la que se unen varias voces distintas.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acnon,canno,canonn,caonn,ccanon,cnaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of canon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “canon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkanõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “con” - see the side-by-side comparison. canon vs con
- 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.