Kanu
/ˈkaːnu, kaˈnuː/
The verdict
“Kanu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,824 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,824
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - canoa
Corpus desk
Index PT-kanu · Kanu · Portuguese
Kanu · rank #59,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,824
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH jes
Nearest frequency peer: jes (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Kanu”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hates
hates
40,226 corpus weight
- iglu
iglu
40,210 corpus weight
- jes
jes
40,179 corpus weight
- Kanu
Kanu
40,177 corpus weight
- límpido
límpido
40,145 corpus weight
- matata
matata
40,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Kanu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kanu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaːnu, kaˈnuː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Kanu” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Kanu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,824 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkaːnu, kaˈnuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "canoa".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kanu in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Kanu, spelled K-A-N-U.
Definition
- 1canoa
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.
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