Enna
"enna" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Enna” is uncommon English (frequency #91,472 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,472
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enna · Enna · English
Enna · rank #91,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,472
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Englishness
Nearest frequency peer: Englishness (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Enna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ellipsoidal
ellipsoidal
8,533 corpus weight
- endive
endive
8,531 corpus weight
- Englishness
Englishness
8,530 corpus weight
- Enna
Enna
8,529 corpus weight
- entranceway
entranceway
8,528 corpus weight
- erf
erf
8,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Enna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Enna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Enna is uncommon English at frequency #91,472 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Enna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian Enna. The correct English form is Enna, spelled E-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.
- 2A province of Sicily, Italy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Enna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] she that was rapt by the Dark God from the flowering fields of Enna, to be Queen for ever among the dead that be departed.
Etymology
From Italian Enna.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).