romana

/[roˈmana]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,354

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

romana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Especie de balanza usada para medir el peso de un objeto que se cuelga del gancho que tiene en el extremo del brazo más corto, cerca del cual está el fiel y el punto de apoyo, mientras que el otro ... Pronounced [roˈmana]. It ranks #7,354 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rompa and rozan.

Key facts for romana
PropertyValue
Headwordromana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[roˈmana]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,354
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for romana is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [roˈmana]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,354 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Especie de balanza usada para medir el peso de un objeto que se cuelga del gancho que tiene en el extremo del brazo más corto, cerca del cual está el fiel y el punto de apoyo, mientras que el otro ...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for romana, with forms such as "ormana", "rmoana", and "roamna". 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, "rompa", "rozan", "romano", 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 romana, spelled R-O-M-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
    Especie de balanza usada para medir el peso de un objeto que se cuelga del gancho que tiene en el extremo del brazo más corto, cerca del cual está el fiel y el punto de apoyo, mientras que el otro brazo es mucho más largo y en él se encuentra grabada la escala, sobre la que se mueve el pilón, que sirve de contrapeso.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ormana,rmoana,roamna,romaan,romanna,rommana,romnaa,rromana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for romana

Misspelling Variants of "romana"

ormana6rmoana6roamna6romaan6romanna7rommana7romnaa6rromana7
Misspelling Variants of "romana"

Frequency rank: #7,354 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "romana"?
"romana" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [roˈmana].
What does "romana" mean?
As a noun, "romana" means: Especie de balanza usada para medir el peso de un objeto que se cuelga del gancho que tiene en el extremo del brazo más corto, cerca del cual está el fiel y el punto de apoyo, mientras que el otro ...
What words are commonly confused with "romana"?
"romana" is commonly confused with "rompa", "rozan", "romano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "romana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "romana" is [roˈmana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "romana" come from?
"romana" 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.