aña
/a.'ɲa/
The verdict
“aña” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diabo, demónio.
Corpus desk
Index PT-ana · aña · Portuguese
aña · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aña |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.'ɲa/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “aña” em português
Rare enough to double-check
aña is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.'ɲa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diabo, demónio.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aña in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is aña, spelled A-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1diabo, demónio.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.