Which to use
“banana” and “banha” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,826
- “banana” frequency rank
- #21,667
- “banha” frequency rank
- 27493
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banana | banha |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fruto produzido pela bananeira | gordura animal, especialmente a de porco |
Where the eye mixes banana and banha
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. banana runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against banha's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between banana and banha
A purely visual mix-up. banana (/bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/) and banha (/ˈbã.ɲa/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banana is recorded at frequency rank #5,826, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈnɐ.nɐ/. banha is at rank #21,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbã.ɲa/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27493, this pair ranks #41,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banana vs banha
Shared letters: abn. Private to "banana": -. Private to "banha": h.
"banana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "banha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banana" and "banha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "banana" or "banha" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "banana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banana" and "banha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baga vs banha". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #41,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.