ohana
/əˈhɑːnə/
"ohana" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ohana” is uncommon English (frequency #67,700 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,700
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An extended Hawaiian family unit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ohana · ohana · English
ohana · rank #67,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,700
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH OIS
Nearest frequency peer: OIS (+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 “ohana”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- objectify
objectify
32,305 corpus weight
- oceanograph…
oceanographer
32,304 corpus weight
- offscreen
offscreen
32,303 corpus weight
- ohana
ohana
32,301 corpus weight
- OIS
OIS
32,300 corpus weight
- oncogene
oncogene
32,298 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ohana” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ohana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈhɑːnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ohana” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ohana is uncommon English at frequency #67,700 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈhɑːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An extended Hawaiian family unit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ohana in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”). The correct English form is ohana, spelled O-H-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1An extended Hawaiian family unit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ohana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[U]nder the leadership of Ka Lahui Hawai'i headed by attorney Mililani Trask, various Native Hawaiian organizations, ohanas, and individuals formed a loose coalition that some refer to as the Hawaiian Nation within a Nation.
The ancient Hawaiian society that began around the sixth century and lasted until around 1000 A.D. was based on the extended family group, the ʻohana, living and working cooperatively on the ahupuaʻa under the leadership of the most respected person in the group, the haku. Most members of the ohana were engaged in agriculture, some in fishing, and some we…
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”).
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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