ananá
[anaˈna]
The verdict
“ananá” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #82,616 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,616
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ananas comosus) Planta de la familia de las bromeliáceas, nativa de América del Sur. Es una hierba perenne, de escaso porte y hojas duras y lanceoladas de hasta un metro de largo, que fructifica u...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ananá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anaˈna] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ananá” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ananá is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [anaˈna]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,616 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ananá, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ananá, spelled A-N-A-N-Á.
Definition
- 1(Ananas comosus) Planta de la familia de las bromeliáceas, nativa de América del Sur. Es una hierba perenne, de escaso porte y hojas duras y lanceoladas de hasta un metro de largo, que fructifica una vez cada tres años produciendo un único fruto fragante y dulce, muy apreciado en gastronomía. Es un cultivo claramente tropical pero muy versátil en cuanto a suelos; en volumen es el segundo fruto tropical en producción, sólo superado por la banana.
- 2Fruto de esta planta, un sincarpo o infrutescencia grande y de forma ovoide formado por la fusión de numerosas bayas. Su corazón, más fibroso, se forma a partir del tallo axial engrosado, y las paredes del ovario, la base de la bráctea y los sépalos se transforman en una pulpa amarilla, apenas fibrosa, dulce y ácida, muy fragante, que no guarda rastro de los frutos que la compusieron. La flor propiamente dicha se transforma en un escudete octogonal de cubierta dura, formada por la fusión del ápice de la bráctea y los tres sépalos, que formará la dura piel cerúlea y espinosa.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ananá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-A-N-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [anaˈna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.