kane
/ˈkãː.ne/
The verdict
“kane” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,291 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #18,291
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de kanañ.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kane |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkãː.ne/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kane” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for kane is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkãː.ne/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,291 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de kanañ.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kane, with forms such as "akne", "kaen", and "kanne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ken", "kun", "kay", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is kane, spelled K-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de kanañ.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akne,kaen,kanne,kkane,knae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kane - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “kane”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkãː.ne/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ken” - see the side-by-side comparison. kane vs ken
- 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.