naranja

/[naˈɾãŋxa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,180

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

naranja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo. Pronounced [naˈɾãŋxa]. It ranks #4,180 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with navaja and Narnia.

Key facts for naranja
PropertyValue
Headwordnaranja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[naˈɾãŋxa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,180
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for naranja is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naˈɾãŋxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,180 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for naranja, with forms such as "anranja", "naarnja", and "narajna". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "navaja", "Narnia", "naranjo", 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 naranja, spelled N-A-R-A-N-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anranja,naarnja,narajna,naranaj,naranjja,narannja,narnaja,narranja,nnaranja,nraanja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for naranja

Misspelling Variants of "naranja"

anranja7naarnja7narajna7naranaj7naranjja8narannja8narnaja7narranja8
Misspelling Variants of "naranja"

Frequency rank: #4,180 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "naranja"?
"naranja" is spelled N-A-R-A-N-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [naˈɾãŋxa].
What does "naranja" mean?
As a noun, "naranja" means: Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo.
What words are commonly confused with "naranja"?
"naranja" is commonly confused with "navaja", "Narnia", "naranjo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "naranja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "naranja" is [naˈɾãŋxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "naranja" come from?
"naranja" 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.