joanna
/d͡ʒəʊˈænə/noun
joanna is spelled J-O-A-N-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Joanna, the name). As a noun, joanna means “A piano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of joanna is joannas.
How many letters and syllables are in joanna?
| Letters | 6: J-O-A-N-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is joanna?
Joanna appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Joanna, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce joanna?
- /d͡ʒəʊˈænə/
Joanna has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of joanna
- joannas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does joanna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA piano.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does joanna come from?
From the name Joanna, which is a rhyme for the dialectal pronunciation of piano as /piˈænə/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).