banano

/[baˈnano]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,896

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

banano is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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... Pronounced [baˈnano]. Often confused with baño and banco.

Key facts for banano
PropertyValue
Headwordbanano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈnano]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,896
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of banano in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for banano is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈnano]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,896 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for banano, with forms such as "abnano", "baanno", and "bananno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "baño", "banco", "bando", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is banano, spelled B-A-N-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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, la banana y el plátano, que se consume 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 metros de altura y hojas que se cuentan entre las más grandes del reino vegetal.
  2. 2
    Banana (fruto del banano).
  3. 3
    Pene.
  4. 4
    Pliegue de grasa en la zona abdominal.
  5. 5
    Pequeño bolso que se ata a la altura de la cintura y se lleva por delante.
  6. 6
    Bote ligero recreativo inflable, remolcado por una lancha, en donde los pasajeros van sentados a horcajadas.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnano,baanno,bananno,banaon,bannano,bannao,bbanano,bnaano,vanano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for banano

Misspelling Variants of "banano"

abnano6baanno6bananno7banaon6bannano7bannao6bbanano7bnaano6
Misspelling Variants of "banano"

Frequency rank: #35,896 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banano"?
"banano" is spelled B-A-N-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈnano].
What does "banano" mean?
As a noun, "banano" means: (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...
What words are commonly confused with "banano"?
"banano" is commonly confused with "baño", "banco", "bando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banano" is [baˈnano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banano" come from?
"banano" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.