Ana

[ˈana]

/[ˈana]/ name

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The verdict

“Ana” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,195) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,195
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer

Corpus desk

Index ES-ana · Ana · Spanish

Ana · rank #2,195 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,195
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH adentro

Nearest frequency peer: adentro (-1 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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “Ana”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “Ana” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ana vs ay
0% similar
Ana vs as
0% similar
Ana vs at
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ana
PropertyValue
HeadwordAna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈana]
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “Ana”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Anacae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “adentro” (#2,194), “caliente” (#2,196), “actuales” (#2,193). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “Ana” va en #2,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Ana is neighbouring look-alikes ("ay", "as", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈana]. Frequency #2,195 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de mujer".

Zero misspellings are on record for Ana in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "at", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Ana, spelled A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer

This word in other languages

Ann(English)Anne(Français)Anna(Deutsch)Ana(Português)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ana"?
"Ana" is spelled A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈana].
What does "Ana" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ana" means: Nombre de pila de mujer
What words are commonly confused with "Ana"?
"Ana" is commonly confused with "ay", "as", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ana" is [ˈana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ana" come from?
"Ana" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tío#2,229art#2,234ahi#2,101oye#2,088

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list