naranja
[naˈɾãŋxa]
The verdict
“naranja” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,180 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,180
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naranja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naˈɾãŋxa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naranja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for naranja is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for naranja, with forms such as "anranja", "naarnja", and "narajna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is naranja, spelled N-A-R-A-N-J-A.
Definition
- 1Color entre rojo y amarillo; algo más oscuro que la yema de un huevo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anranja,naarnja,narajna,naranaj,naranjja,narannja,narnaja,narranja,nnaranja,nraanja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naranja - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “naranja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-R-A-N-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [naˈɾãŋxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “navaja” - see the side-by-side comparison. naranja vs navaja
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.