# caneta

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kɐ.ˈne.tɐ/ · frequency rank #6,384

## Definitions
1. instrumento de escrita que usa tinta em um tubo
2. o ato de conduzir a bola de forma que venha a passar entre as pernas de um jogador adversário recuperando a posse após essa passagem sem que nenhum outro jogador tenha a tocado
3. perna
4. instrumento para injetar insulina

## Easily confused with
- **cata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cata)
- **conta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-conta)
- **carta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-carta)
- **canto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-canto)
- **canoa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-canoa)
- **cinta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cinta)
- **canja** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-canja)
- **cinema** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cinema)
- **cantar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cantar)
- **careca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-careca)
- **cometa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cometa)
- **careta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-careta)
- **cantão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cantao)
- **capeta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-capeta)
- **carreta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-carreta)
- **corneta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-corneta)
- **cianeto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cianeto)
- **cantata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caneta-vs-cantata)
- **cana** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cana-vs-caneta)
- **can't** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/can-t-vs-caneta)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acneta`, `caenta`, `caneat`, `canetta`, `canneta`, `cantea`, `ccaneta`, `cnaeta`

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