bananal

//ban'ɐn'aw// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,316

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

bananal is aPortuguesenoun. It means: plantação de bananeiras Pronounced /ban'ɐn'aw/. Often confused with banal and bacana.

Key facts for bananal
PropertyValue
Headwordbananal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ban'ɐn'aw/
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,316
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for bananal is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ban'ɐn'aw/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,316 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plantação de bananeiras".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bananal, with forms such as "abnanal", "baannal", and "banaanl". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "banal", "bacana", "banana", 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 bananal, spelled B-A-N-A-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plantação de bananeiras

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnanal,baannal,banaanl,bananall,bananla,banannal,bannaal,bannanal,bbananal,bnaanal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bananal

Misspelling Variants of "bananal"

abnanal7baannal7banaanl7bananall8bananla7banannal8bannaal7bannanal8
Misspelling Variants of "bananal"

Frequency rank: #49,316 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bananal"?
"bananal" is spelled B-A-N-A-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ban'ɐn'aw/.
What does "bananal" mean?
As a noun, "bananal" means: plantação de bananeiras
What words are commonly confused with "bananal"?
"bananal" is commonly confused with "banal", "bacana", "banana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bananal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bananal" is /ban'ɐn'aw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bananal" come from?
"bananal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.