cantil
[kãn̪ˈt̪il]
The verdict
“cantil” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sitio o lugar que forma escalón en la costa o en el fondo del mar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cantil · cantil · Spanish
cantil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kãn̪ˈt̪il] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cantil” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cantil is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kãn̪ˈt̪il]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sitio o lugar que forma escalón en la costa o en el fondo del mar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cantil in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cantil, spelled C-A-N-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Sitio o lugar que forma escalón en la costa o en el fondo del mar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cantil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Éstas se limitaban, en efecto, en mayor o menor grado, a adosar y adherir de cualquier modo sus cuerpos a la ruina, no con arreglo a nada que la disposición de los sillares les hubiese podido sugerir, sino según las conveniencias de planes constructivos del todo independientes y heterónomos, extraños a cualquier otra pretensión respecto del teatro que la…
This word in other languages
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