sano
[ˈsano]
The verdict
“sano” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,650 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,650
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que está en buen estado de salud.
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 | sano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsano] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sano is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsano]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,650 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for sano, with forms such as "sanno", "saon", and "snao". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "son", "sin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sano, spelled S-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que está en buen estado de salud.
- 2Que favorece la buena salud.
- 3Por extensión, dicho de un vegetal, en buen estado de conservación.
- 4Por extensión, que carece de defectos morales, o que favorece el buen sentido moral o intelectual.
- 5Por extensión, sincero, honesto, constructivo, sin doble intención.
- 6Por extensión, dicho de un utensilio, entero y sin desperfectos.
- 7Por extensión, dicho de una empresa o negocio, que no ofrece riesgos, en especial financieros.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sanno,saon,snao,ssano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sano - 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 “sano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “so” - see the side-by-side comparison. sano vs so
- 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.