ananas

/\a.na.nas\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,847

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ananas is aFrenchnoun. It means: Non usuel de Ananas comosus plante herbacée acaule, tropicale, originaire d’Amérique Centrale, de la famille des Bromeliaceae (Broméliacées), dont il existe de nombreux cultivars ; les feuilles épa... Pronounced \a.na.nas\. Often confused with Anna and Anas.

Key facts for ananas
PropertyValue
Headwordananas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.na.nas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,847
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ananas in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ananas is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.na.nas\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,847 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ananas, with forms such as "aannas", "anaans", and "ananass". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Anna", "Anas", "ayants", 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 French form is ananas, spelled A-N-A-N-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Non usuel de Ananas comosus plante herbacée acaule, tropicale, originaire d’Amérique Centrale, de la famille des Bromeliaceae (Broméliacées), dont il existe de nombreux cultivars ; les feuilles épaisses, sessiles, étroitement imbriquées et munies de piquants parfois acérés forment une rosette.
  2. 2
    Syncarpe charnu comestible de cette plante de forme conique à la peau écailleuse et épaisse et à la chair jaune et sucrée.
  3. 3
    Mine explosive de fabrication britannique, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
  4. 4
    Textile fabriqué à partir des fibres des feuilles de Bromelia pinguin, Bromelia karatas et de divers autres plantes du genre Bromelia qui sont de la familles des Bromeliaceae comme Ananas comosus qui fourni le fruit comestible éponyme.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aannas,anaans,ananass,anannas,anansa,annaas,annanas,naanas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ananas

Misspelling Variants of "ananas"

aannas6anaans6ananass7anannas7anansa6annaas6annanas7naanas6
Misspelling Variants of "ananas"

Frequency rank: #14,847 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ananas"?
"ananas" is spelled A-N-A-N-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.na.nas\.
What does "ananas" mean?
As a noun, "ananas" means: Non usuel de Ananas comosus plante herbacée acaule, tropicale, originaire d’Amérique Centrale, de la famille des Bromeliaceae (Broméliacées), dont il existe de nombreux cultivars ; les feuilles épa...
What words are commonly confused with "ananas"?
"ananas" is commonly confused with "Anna", "Anas", "ayants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ananas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ananas" is \a.na.nas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ananas" come from?
"ananas" is a French 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.