sanna

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The verdict

“sanna” is uncommon German (frequency #96,185 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,185
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grimasse

Corpus desk

Index DE-sanna · sanna · German

sanna · rank #96,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,185
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH salva

Nearest frequency peer: salva (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sanna“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sanna“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sanna
PropertyValue
Headwordsanna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sanna“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sannafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „salva“ (#96,183), „Sarkophage“ (#96,187), „Salden“ (#96,182). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sanna“ bei #96,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sanna is uncommon German at frequency #96,185 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grimasse".

Zero misspellings are on record for sanna in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sanna, spelled S-A-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grimasse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sanna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „vos, o patricius sanguis, quos vivere fas est occipiti caeco, posticae occurrite sannae.“
  2. „Disce, sed ira cadat naso rugosaque sanna, dum veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello.“

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sanna"?
"sanna" is spelled S-A-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sanna" mean?
As a noun, "sanna" means: Grimasse
How do you pronounce "sanna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sanna" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sanna" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salva#96,183ricco#96,165raues#96,135Raine#96,128

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list