banana

//bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,826

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

banana is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fruto produzido pela bananeira Pronounced /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/. It ranks #5,826 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with banda and banca.

Key facts for banana
PropertyValue
Headwordbanana
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,826
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for banana is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,826 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for banana, with forms such as "abnana", "baanna", and "banaan". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "banda", "banca", "banha", 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 banana, spelled B-A-N-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruto produzido pela bananeira
  2. 2
    planta da qual se obtém a banana
  3. 3
    gesto ofensivo feito com a mão fechada e o braço dobrado enriste com o pulso do outro apoiado em seu bíceps
  4. 4
    cartucho que contém dinamite
  5. 5
    pênis

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnana,baanna,banaan,bananna,bannaa,bannana,bbanana,bnaana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for banana

Misspelling Variants of "banana"

abnana6baanna6banaan6bananna7bannaa6bannana7bbanana7bnaana6
Misspelling Variants of "banana"

Frequency rank: #5,826 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "banana"?
"banana" is spelled B-A-N-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/.
What does "banana" mean?
As a noun, "banana" means: fruto produzido pela bananeira
What words are commonly confused with "banana"?
"banana" is commonly confused with "banda", "banca", "banha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "banana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "banana" is /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "banana" come from?
"banana" 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 B in our Portuguese index:

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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.