cantautor
[kãn̪t̪awˈt̪oɾ]
The verdict
“cantautor” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,971 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,971
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre que canta sus propias composiciones poéticas, a menudo con temas sociales o líricos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantautor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kãn̪t̪awˈt̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cantautor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cantautor is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãn̪t̪awˈt̪oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,971 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hombre que canta sus propias composiciones poéticas, a menudo con temas sociales o líricos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cantautor, with forms such as "acntautor", "canatutor", and "canntautor". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cantautor, spelled C-A-N-T-A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Hombre que canta sus propias composiciones poéticas, a menudo con temas sociales o líricos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acntautor,canatutor,canntautor,cantatuor,cantauotr,cantautorr,cantautro,cantauttor,canttautor,cantuator,catnautor,ccantautor,cnatautor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cantautor - 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 “cantautor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-T-A-U-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kãn̪t̪awˈt̪oɾ] (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.