banana
[baˈnana]
The verdict
“banana” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana, M. x paradisiaca) Grupo de plantas herbáceas, compuesto tanto por híbridos como por cultivares genéticamente puros de algunas especies de Musa, que se cultivan por s...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | banana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈnana] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “banana” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around banana (IPA [baˈnana]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,077 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for banana, with forms such as "abnana", "baanna", and "banaan". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "banda", "banca", "basan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is banana, spelled B-A-N-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana, M. x paradisiaca) Grupo de plantas herbáceas, compuesto tanto por híbridos como por cultivares genéticamente puros de algunas especies de Musa, que se cultivan por su fruto, una falsa baya epígina de característica forma falcada consumida como alimento. Se cultivan en más de 130 países, desde el sudeste asiático de donde son nativas, hasta Oceanía y Sudamérica. No son árboles sino megaforbias perennes, con pseudotallo de hasta 7 m de altura y hojas que se cuentan entre las más grandes del reino vegetal.
- 2Fruto de esta planta, en forma de falsa baya, que alcanza de 7 a 30 cm de largo y hasta 5 de diámetro, presentándose en racimos compactos de hasta cientos de ejemplares. Está cubierta por un pericarpo coriáceo verde en el ejemplar inmaduro y amarillo intenso, rojo o bandeado verde y blanco al madurar. Es de forma lineal o falcada, entre cilíndrica y marcadamente angulosa según la variedad. El extremo basal se estrecha abruptamente hacia un pedicelo de 1 a 2 cm. La pulpa es blanca a amarilla, rica en almidón y dulce; en los plátanos puede resultar algo astringente o gomosa por su contenido en látex, farinosa y seca. Muy rara vez las variedades diploides o tetraploides producen semillas. En la nomenclatura vernácula a veces se traza una diferencia entre las bananas, consumidas crudas como fruta de postre, y los plátanos, que por su superior contenido en fécula deben asarse o freírse antes de su ingesta. La diferencia no se corresponde exactamente con ningún criterio genético, y en otras regiones los términos se consideran perfectamente sinónimos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abnana
- baanna
- banaan
- bananna
- bannaa
- bannana
- bbanana
- bnaana
- vanana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banana - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “banana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-N-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈnana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “banda” - see the side-by-side comparison. banana vs banda
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.