sabana

/[saˈβ̞ana]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,702

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sabana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral individual o en pequeños grupos. Pronounced [saˈβ̞ana]. Often confused with saben and sabia.

Key facts for sabana
PropertyValue
Headwordsabana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saˈβ̞ana]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,702
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sabana is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saˈβ̞ana]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,702 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral individual o en pequeños grupos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sabana, with forms such as "asbana", "saabna", and "sabaan". 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, "saben", "sabia", "sacan", 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 sabana, spelled S-A-B-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
    Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral individual o en pequeños grupos.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asbana,saabna,sabaan,sabanna,sabbana,sabnaa,savana,sbaana,ssabana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sabana

Misspelling Variants of "sabana"

asbana6saabna6sabaan6sabanna7sabbana7sabnaa6savana6sbaana6
Misspelling Variants of "sabana"

Frequency rank: #14,702 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabana"?
"sabana" is spelled S-A-B-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [saˈβ̞ana].
What does "sabana" mean?
As a noun, "sabana" means: Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral individual o en pequeños grupos.
What words are commonly confused with "sabana"?
"sabana" is commonly confused with "saben", "sabia", "sacan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sabana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabana" is [saˈβ̞ana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabana" come from?
"sabana" 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.