catana
[kaˈt̪ana]
The verdict
“catana” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de katana (sable).
Corpus desk
Index ES-catana · catana · Spanish
catana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈt̪ana] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “catana” en español
Rare enough to double-check
catana is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈt̪ana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for catana, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is catana, spelled C-A-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de katana (sable).
- 2Sable que llevaban los miembros de la policía.
- 3Máquina o automóvil viejo y deteriorado.^([cita requerida])
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El asesino de la catana, era un joven aparentemente normal, pero que había sufrido un proceso de encierro mental con un disfrute desmedido por las artes marciales y las armas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.