# can't

> Portuguese word · Contraction · IPA cant, Kant · frequency rank #8,727

## Definitions
1. contração de can not; cannot

## Easily confused with
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-cat)
- **cana** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-cana)
- **cano** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-cano)
- **cast** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-cast)
- **canal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-canal)
- **canto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-canto)
- **canoa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-canoa)
- **canja** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-canja)
- **cânon** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-canon)
- **caneta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-caneta)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-vs-can-t)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acn't`, `ca'nt`, `can'tt`, `cann't`, `cant'`, `ccan't`, `cna't`

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