# saran

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,320

## Definitions
1. A plastic resin used to make packaging films.

## Etymology
From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride).

## Easily confused with
- **sean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sean)
- **scan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-scan)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-span)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-stan)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-swan)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-shan)
- **Sera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sera)
- **sari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sari)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sata)
- **SARS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sars)
- **sora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sora)
- **sian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sian)
- **Sark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sark)
- **sawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sawn)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-saya)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-sura)
- **Susan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-susan)
- **spray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-spray)
- **straw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-straw)
- **Satan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saran-vs-satan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asran`, `saarn`, `sarann`, `sarna`, `sarran`, `sraan`, `ssaran`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/saran