Ghana

/[ˈgana]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,598

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ghana is aSpanishname. It means: País de África occidental. Limita al oeste con Costa de Marfil, al norte con Burkina Faso, al este con Togo y al sur con el océano Atlántico. Pronounced [ˈgana]. Often confused with gran and Gina.

Key facts for Ghana
PropertyValue
HeadwordGhana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈgana]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,598
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Ghana is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgana]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,598 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País de África occidental. Limita al oeste con Costa de Marfil, al norte con Burkina Faso, al este con Togo y al sur con el océano Atlántico.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ghana, with forms such as "gahna", "gghana", and "ghaan". 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, "gran", "Gina", "guan", 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 Ghana, spelled G-H-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
    País de África occidental. Limita al oeste con Costa de Marfil, al norte con Burkina Faso, al este con Togo y al sur con el océano Atlántico.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gahna,gghana,ghaan,ghanna,ghhana,ghnaa,hgana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ghana

Misspelling Variants of "Ghana"

gahna5gghana6ghaan5ghanna6ghhana6ghnaa5hgana5
Misspelling Variants of "Ghana"

Frequency rank: #16,598 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ghana"?
"Ghana" is spelled G-H-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgana].
What does "Ghana" mean?
As a name, "Ghana" means: País de África occidental. Limita al oeste con Costa de Marfil, al norte con Burkina Faso, al este con Togo y al sur con el océano Atlántico.
What words are commonly confused with "Ghana"?
"Ghana" is commonly confused with "gran", "Gina", "guan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ghana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ghana" is [ˈgana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ghana" come from?
"Ghana" 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.