vaina

/[ˈbajna]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,891

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vaina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Funda en la que se guardan los cuchillos y otras armas blancas Pronounced [ˈbajna]. It ranks #8,891 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with van and vía.

Key facts for vaina
PropertyValue
Headwordvaina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbajna]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,891
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vaina is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbajna]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,891 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for vaina, with forms such as "avina", "baina", and "vaian". 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, "van", "vía", "vin", 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 vaina, spelled V-A-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Funda en la que se guardan los cuchillos y otras armas blancas
  2. 2
    Envoltura metálica que contiene la carga de un cartucho o bala
  3. 3
    Envoltura alargada y tierna de las semillas de las plantas leguminosas
  4. 4
    Ensanchamiento del pecíolo de ciertas hojas que envuelve el tallo
  5. 5
    Fruto seco dehiscente y bivalvo, de muchas semillas, característico de las leguminosas
  6. 6
    Refuerzo a modo de funda que se cose a las caídas de una vela o enseña
  7. 7
    Objeto cuyo nombre se desconoce, se ha olvidado o resulta irrelevante
  8. 8
    Fruto inmaduro de la planta de judía (Phaseolus vulgaris), una legumbre de color verde, con semillas no completamente desarrolladas, apta para el consumo humano
  9. 9
    Cóctel elaborado a base de vino tinto dulce, crema de cacao, coñac o vermut, pisco y yema de huevo espolvoreado con canela molida.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avina,baina,vaian,vainna,vania,vvaina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vaina

Misspelling Variants of "vaina"

avina5baina5vaian5vainna6vania5vvaina6
Misspelling Variants of "vaina"

Frequency rank: #8,891 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaina"?
"vaina" is spelled V-A-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbajna].
What does "vaina" mean?
As a noun, "vaina" means: Funda en la que se guardan los cuchillos y otras armas blancas
What words are commonly confused with "vaina"?
"vaina" is commonly confused with "van", "vía", "vin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vaina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaina" is [ˈbajna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaina" come from?
"vaina" 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.