canotaje

[kanoˈt̪axe]

/[kanoˈt̪axe]/ noun

The verdict

“canotaje” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,692 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,692
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - piragüismo o competencia de kayak. Por ejemplo el DRAE registra piragüismo, pero no canotaje

Corpus desk

Index ES-canotaje · canotaje · Spanish

canotaje · rank #71,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,692
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH canapé

Nearest frequency peer: canapé (-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 “canotaje”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “canotaje” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for canotaje
PropertyValue
Headwordcanotaje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kanoˈt̪axe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “canotaje” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.canotajecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “canapé” (#71,691), “cardiacas” (#71,694), “camélidos” (#71,689). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “canotaje” va en #71,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

canotaje is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,692 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kanoˈt̪axe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "piragüismo o competencia de kayak. Por ejemplo el DRAE registra piragüismo, pero no canotaje".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for canotaje, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is canotaje, spelled C-A-N-O-T-A-J-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    piragüismo o competencia de kayak. Por ejemplo el DRAE registra piragüismo, pero no canotaje

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canotaje"?
"canotaje" is spelled C-A-N-O-T-A-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kanoˈt̪axe].
What does "canotaje" mean?
As a noun, "canotaje" means: piragüismo o competencia de kayak. Por ejemplo el DRAE registra piragüismo, pero no canotaje
How do you pronounce "canotaje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "canotaje" is [kanoˈt̪axe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "canotaje", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list