zona

/[ˈsona]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#442

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

zona is aSpanishnoun. It means: Superficie de terreno determinada por consideraciones administrativas o estructurales. Pronounced [ˈsona]. It ranks #442 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with zoo and zone.

Key facts for zona
PropertyValue
Headwordzona
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsona]
Letters4
Frequency rank#442
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for zona is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsona]. Corpus data places it at rank #442 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for zona, with forms such as "ozna", "znoa", and "zoan". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "zoo", "zone", "zonas", 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 zona, spelled Z-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Superficie de terreno determinada por consideraciones administrativas o estructurales.
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, cada una de las cinco secciones en que se divide el globo en sentido Norte-Sur, tomando los trópicos y los círculos polares como fronteras.
  3. 3
    Enfermedad producida por una reactivación del virus latente de la varicela-zóster, que afecta a los nervios periféricos también llamado: herpes zóster.
  4. 4
    Lista o faja.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ozna,znoa,zoan,zonna,zzona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zona

Misspelling Variants of "zona"

ozna4znoa4zoan4zonna5zzona5
Misspelling Variants of "zona"

Frequency rank: #442 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zona"?
"zona" is spelled Z-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsona].
What does "zona" mean?
As a noun, "zona" means: Superficie de terreno determinada por consideraciones administrativas o estructurales.
What words are commonly confused with "zona"?
"zona" is commonly confused with "zoo", "zone", "zonas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zona" is [ˈsona]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zona" come from?
"zona" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter Z in our Spanish index:

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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.