aranha

//a.ˈɾã.ɲə// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,446

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

aranha is aPortuguesenoun. It means: designação dos animais do grupo dos aracnídeos que confeccionam teias, casulos e ninhos Pronounced /a.ˈɾã.ɲə/. It ranks #4,446 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with arena and arara.

Key facts for aranha
PropertyValue
Headwordaranha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.ˈɾã.ɲə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,446
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aranha in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for aranha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈɾã.ɲə/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,446 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.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 aranha, with forms such as "aarnha", "arahna", and "aranah". 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, "arena", "arara", "azenha", 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 Portuguese form is aranha, spelled A-R-A-N-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação dos animais do grupo dos aracnídeos que confeccionam teias, casulos e ninhos
  2. 2
    lustre simples de ferro para velas
  3. 3
    armação de arame que suporta o quebra-luz
  4. 4
    órgão sexual feminino; vulva

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aarnha,arahna,aranah,aranhha,arannha,arnaha,arranha,raanha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aranha

Misspelling Variants of "aranha"

aarnha6arahna6aranah6aranhha7arannha7arnaha6arranha7raanha6
Misspelling Variants of "aranha"

Frequency rank: #4,446 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aranha"?
"aranha" is spelled A-R-A-N-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈɾã.ɲə/.
What does "aranha" mean?
As a noun, "aranha" means: designação dos animais do grupo dos aracnídeos que confeccionam teias, casulos e ninhos
What words are commonly confused with "aranha"?
"aranha" is commonly confused with "arena", "arara", "azenha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aranha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aranha" is /a.ˈɾã.ɲə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aranha" come from?
"aranha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese 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.