# can't vs canes

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### can't
*contraction · IPA /kɑːnt/ · frequency rank #19,648*
Contracción de el verbo can y el adverbio not: no puedo, no puedes, ...

### canes
*noun · IPA [ˈkanes] · frequency rank #42,315*
Forma del plural de can.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/can-t-vs-canes