zanahoria

/[sanaˈoɾja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,321

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

zanahoria is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Daucus carota) Planta herbácea bienal, de la familia de las apiáceas, que se cultiva desde finales del I milenio por su raíz comestible, de forma cónica y color habitualmente anaranjado. Es una hi... Pronounced [sanaˈoɾja]. Often confused with zanahorias.

Key facts for zanahoria
PropertyValue
Headwordzanahoria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sanaˈoɾja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,321
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zanahoria is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sanaˈoɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,321 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for zanahoria, with forms such as "aznahoria", "zaanhoria", and "zanahhoria". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zanahorias", 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 zanahoria, spelled Z-A-N-A-H-O-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Daucus carota) Planta herbácea bienal, de la familia de las apiáceas, que se cultiva desde finales del I milenio por su raíz comestible, de forma cónica y color habitualmente anaranjado. Es una hierba de hasta 1 m de altura, con las hojas tri- o bipinnadas, el tallo ligeramente pubescente, y densas umbelas de pequeñas flores blancas. La raíz es ligeramente dulce, rica en betacaroteno, y se consume en numerosas preparaciones, cruda y cocida. En Occidente no comenzó a emplearse hasta el siglo XV, pero ganó rápidamente popularidad y es una de las bases de numerosas salsas y caldos
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, la raíz de esta planta usada en gastronomía

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aznahoria,zaanhoria,zanahhoria,zanahoira,zanahorai,zanahorria,zanahroia,zanaohria,zanhaoria,zannahoria,znaahoria,zzanahoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zanahoria

Misspelling Variants of "zanahoria"

aznahoria9zaanhoria9zanahhoria10zanahoira9zanahorai9zanahorria10zanahroia9zanaohria9
Misspelling Variants of "zanahoria"

Frequency rank: #17,321 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zanahoria"?
"zanahoria" is spelled Z-A-N-A-H-O-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sanaˈoɾja].
What does "zanahoria" mean?
As a noun, "zanahoria" means: (Daucus carota) Planta herbácea bienal, de la familia de las apiáceas, que se cultiva desde finales del I milenio por su raíz comestible, de forma cónica y color habitualmente anaranjado. Es una hi...
What words are commonly confused with "zanahoria"?
"zanahoria" is commonly confused with "zanahorias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zanahoria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zanahoria" is [sanaˈoɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zanahoria" come from?
"zanahoria" 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.