caneca

//ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,091

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

caneca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires Pronounced /ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/. Often confused with canoa and canja.

Key facts for caneca
PropertyValue
Headwordcaneca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,091
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for caneca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,091 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for caneca, with forms such as "acneca", "caenca", and "cancea". 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, "canoa", "canja", "conca", 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 caneca, spelled C-A-N-E-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acneca,caenca,cancea,caneac,canecca,canneca,ccaneca,cnaeca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caneca

Misspelling Variants of "caneca"

acneca6caenca6cancea6caneac6canecca7canneca7ccaneca7cnaeca6
Misspelling Variants of "caneca"

Frequency rank: #14,091 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caneca"?
"caneca" is spelled C-A-N-E-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/.
What does "caneca" mean?
As a noun, "caneca" means: copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires
What words are commonly confused with "caneca"?
"caneca" is commonly confused with "canoa", "canja", "conca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caneca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caneca" is /ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caneca" come from?
"caneca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.