Americana
/əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkɑːnə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkeɪnə/
The verdict
“Americana” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,106 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,106
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tudo o que é peculiar à cultura e ao povo dos Estados Unidos; tudo o que é um símbolo da vida americana
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Americana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkɑːnə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkeɪnə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Americana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Americana is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkɑːnə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkeɪnə/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,106 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Americana, with forms such as "aemricana", "ameircana", and "amerciana". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "americano", "americanas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Americana, spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1tudo o que é peculiar à cultura e ao povo dos Estados Unidos; tudo o que é um símbolo da vida americana
- 2amálgama de músicas de raiz formada pela confluência das tradições compartilhadas e variadas que compõem o ethos musical americano; especificamente aqueles sons que são fundidos do folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll e outros estilos externos influentes
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aemricana,ameircana,amerciana,ameriacna,americaan,americanna,americcana,americnaa,amerricana,ammericana,amreicana,maericana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Americana - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Americana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkɑːnə/, /əˌmɛɹɪˈkeɪnə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “americano” - see the side-by-side comparison. Americana vs americano
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.