kana
/kɐ.ˈna/
The verdict
“kana” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #74,074 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,074
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - um dos dois silabários que constituem o sistema de escrita japonês
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈna/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for kana is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈna/. Corpus data places it at rank #74,074 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
kana doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is kana, spelled K-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1um dos dois silabários que constituem o sistema de escrita japonês
- 2cada um desses caracteres
This word in other languages
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 “kana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is K-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈna/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.