canal

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#736

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

canal is aPortuguesenoun. It means: meio usado para transportar uma mensagem do emissor ao receptor It ranks #736 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with casa and cara.

Key facts for canal
PropertyValue
Headwordcanal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#736
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of canal in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for canal is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #736 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for canal, with forms such as "acnal", "caanl", and "canall". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "casa", "cara", "cena", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Portuguese form is canal, spelled C-A-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meio usado para transportar uma mensagem do emissor ao receptor
  2. 2
    faixa do espectro de radio-frequência com largura de 6 MHz utilizado para difusão de sinais de TV
  3. 3
    vala artificial, que pode ou não estar revestida de material que lhe dê sustentação e que se destina à passagem da água
  4. 4
    tubo por onde passam gases e líquidos
  5. 5
    leito de rio
  6. 6
    local onde duas margens opostas do mar são próximas
  7. 7
    meio de se conseguir algo
  8. 8
    tratamento dentário que consiste na retirada da polpa do dente, que é um tecido encontrado em sua parte interna
  9. 9
    caminho do gado, da rês

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acnal,caanl,canall,canla,cannal,ccanal,cnaal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for canal

Misspelling Variants of "canal"

acnal5caanl5canall6canla5cannal6ccanal6cnaal5
Misspelling Variants of "canal"

Frequency rank: #736 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "canal"?
"canal" is spelled C-A-N-A-L.
What does "canal" mean?
As a noun, "canal" means: meio usado para transportar uma mensagem do emissor ao receptor
What words are commonly confused with "canal"?
"canal" is commonly confused with "casa", "cara", "cena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "canal" come from?
"canal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.