katakana
[kat̪aˈkana]
The verdict
“katakana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,279 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Silabario japonés, el más sencillo de los sistemas de escritura usados para esta lengua, que se emplea sobre todo para transliterar palabras de origen extranjero, nombres científicos, personales, u...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | katakana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈkana] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “katakana” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
katakana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,279 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kat̪aˈkana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Silabario japonés, el más sencillo de los sistemas de escritura usados para esta lengua, que se emplea sobre todo para transliterar palabras de origen extranjero, nombres científicos, personales, u...".
katakana has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is katakana, spelled K-A-T-A-K-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Silabario japonés, el más sencillo de los sistemas de escritura usados para esta lengua, que se emplea sobre todo para transliterar palabras de origen extranjero, nombres científicos, personales, u onomatopeyas.
This word in other languages
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 “katakana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-T-A-K-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat̪aˈkana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.