cantonés
[kãn̪t̪oˈnes]
The verdict
“cantonés” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,335 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,335
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que es originaria de la provincia de Guangdong (Cantón), China.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cantones · cantonés · Spanish
cantonés · rank #58,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,335
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cantarán
Nearest frequency peer: cantarán (-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 “cantonés”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- candombe
candombe
41,669 corpus weight
- canses
canses
41,668 corpus weight
- cantarán
cantarán
41,667 corpus weight
- cantonés
cantonés
41,666 corpus weight
- capota
capota
41,665 corpus weight
- carburo
carburo
41,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cantonés” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantonés |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kãn̪t̪oˈnes] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cantonés” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cantonés is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,335 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kãn̪t̪oˈnes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cantonés, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cantonés, spelled C-A-N-T-O-N-É-S.
Definition
- 1Persona que es originaria de la provincia de Guangdong (Cantón), China.
- 2Se dice de algo que es originario o se encuentra relacionado con Cantón.
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.
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