canutillo
[kanuˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“canutillo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Tubo pequeño que se usa para fabricar pulseras y collares, y en trabajos de pasamanería.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canutillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kanuˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “canutillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for canutillo is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kanuˈt̪iʝo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for canutillo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is canutillo, spelled C-A-N-U-T-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tubo pequeño que se usa para fabricar pulseras y collares, y en trabajos de pasamanería.
- 2Hilo de metal muy delgado que se enrosca en hélice sobre una canilla cilíndrica, y tras sacar la canilla se puede emplear en diversos usos, particularmente para hacer lentejuelas, que sirven sobre todo para el bordado de oro y plata.
- 3Espiral que se usa para encuadernar los cuadernos y ciertos libros.
- 4Zurrón u hollejo en el que la langosta guarda su simiente.
- 5Planta silvestre de la familia de las comelináceas, de hojas pequeñas y flor azul celeste.
- 6Preparación repostera hecha con masa crujiente en forma de cilindro (canuto) rellena con crema pastelera. Tradicional de España.
- 7Relieve con forma de canuto presente en algunas telas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-U-T-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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