cânone

Name: cânone, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ/

//ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cânone” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,864
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - regra ou preceito

Corpus desk

Index PT-canone · cânone · Portuguese

cânone · rank #42,864 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,864
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH decade

Nearest frequency peer: decade (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

cortante

57,147
Cousins

57,145
created

57,144
cânone

57,137
decade

57,135
deserção

57,124

What this shows “cânone” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cânone vs cone

67% similar

cânone vs carne

50% similar

cânone vs clone

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cânone
Property	Value
Headword	cânone
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#42,864
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cânone”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cânonecai aqui:

#42,864

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “decade” (#42,866), “created” (#42,857), “Cousins” (#42,856). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cânone” fica em #42,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cânone (IPA /ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,864 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cânone, with forms such as "ccânone", "cnâone", and "cânnoe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cone", "carne", "clone", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cânone, spelled C-Â-N-O-N-E.

Definition

1
regra ou preceito
2
norma
3
decisão ou regra estabelecida num concílio da Igreja Católica sobre um dogma ou disciplina
4
catálogo dos livros reconhecidos pela Igreja Católica ou outra religião como sagrados
5
a parte mais importante da missa
6
livros ou autores considerados importantes durante uma época ou em determinado grupo cultural
7
composição musical em que uma melodia se torna contraponto dela mesma

Synonyms

cânon

This word in other languages

canon(English)canon(Español)canon(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccânone
cnâone
cânnoe
cânnone
cânoen
cânonne
câonne
âcnone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cânone - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "cânone"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cânone"?

"cânone" is spelled C-Â-N-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ/.

What does "cânone" mean?

As a noun, "cânone" means: regra ou preceito

What words are commonly confused with "cânone"?

"cânone" is commonly confused with "cone", "carne", "clone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cânone"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cânone" is /ˈkɐ.nu.nɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cânone" come from?

"cânone" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cânone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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