nana

\na.na\

/\na.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“nana” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,116) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,116
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme (parfois péjoratif).

Corpus desk

Index FR-nana · nana · French

nana · rank #6,116 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,116
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH métrage

Nearest frequency peer: métrage (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « nana »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « nana » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nana vs nn
50% similar
nana vs non
50% similar
nana vs nba
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nana
PropertyValue
Headwordnana
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.na\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,116
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « nana »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nanase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « métrage » (#6,115), « Norvège » (#6,117), « Mélenchon » (#6,114). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nana » est au #6,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nana is neighbouring look-alikes ("nn", "non", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \na.na\. Frequency #6,116 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Femme (parfois péjoratif).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for nana, with forms such as "naan", "nanna", and "nnaa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nn", "non", "nba", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nana, spelled N-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme (parfois péjoratif).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La jeune comédienne le constate : « Les mecs de mon âge, même les plus vieux, même surtout les plus vieux d’ailleurs, ils ont peur de nanas comme moi ! Enfin des nanas de notre génération […]
  2. Et je suis une nana. Et les nanas sentent des choses que les mecs ne peuvent pas sentir. Elle a un autre homme et elle ne te l’avouera jamais.

Synonyms

bimbochickgonzesseminettenénetteninettelouloutepépéepétardpitounepoulepoupoune

Antonyms

mec

This word in other languages

chick(English)chica(Español)Schnecke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • naan
  • nanna
  • nnaa
  • nnana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nana - 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.

naan2nanna1nnaa2nnana1
Edit distance from "nana"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nana"?
"nana" is spelled N-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \na.na\.
What does "nana" mean?
As a noun, "nana" means: Femme (parfois péjoratif).
What words are commonly confused with "nana"?
"nana" is commonly confused with "nn", "non", "nba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nana" is \na.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nana" come from?
"nana" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hôte#6,098sain#6,135home#6,095fred#6,090

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list