diana

/[ˈd̪jana]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,493

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

diana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Toque militar que se ejecuta para despertar a la tropa. Pronounced [ˈd̪jana]. It ranks #5,493 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with din and días.

Key facts for diana
PropertyValue
Headworddiana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪jana]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,493
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for diana is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪jana]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,493 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for diana, with forms such as "daina", "ddiana", and "diaan". 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, "din", "días", "diga", 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 diana, spelled D-I-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toque militar que se ejecuta para despertar a la tropa.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, toque de una agrupación musical que señala el comienzo de un día festivo.
  3. 3
    Centro de un objetivo al que se apunta con una flecha o proyectil.
  4. 4
    Objeto que sirve de blanco para el tiro de una flecha o proyectil. Suele ser una superficie plana con círculos concéntricos
  5. 5
    Órgano objetivo al que se dirige la acción de un reactivo o enzima.
  6. 6
    Gol (anotación en el arco rival).
  7. 7
    Pequeña bandera redonda, generalmentede entre 7 a 23 cm de ancho y hecha de material opaco, que normalmente se sitúa delante de la cámara para impedir que entre luz en el objetivo o se sitúa en el decorado para crear una sombra.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daina,ddiana,diaan,dianna,dinaa,idana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diana

Misspelling Variants of "diana"

daina5ddiana6diaan5dianna6dinaa5idana5
Misspelling Variants of "diana"

Frequency rank: #5,493 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diana"?
"diana" is spelled D-I-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪jana].
What does "diana" mean?
As a noun, "diana" means: Toque militar que se ejecuta para despertar a la tropa.
What words are commonly confused with "diana"?
"diana" is commonly confused with "din", "días", "diga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diana" is [ˈd̪jana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diana" come from?
"diana" 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.