Bananna or banana?
Did you mean banana? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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banana
Correct spelling: banana. Misspelling: bananna.
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Memory tip
Only one N in each spot: ba-na-na, three identical syllables after the B.
Why people write “bananna”
The misspelling “bananna” is only one letter off: it doubles the N, which banana spells with just one.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make banana automatic.
Other misspellings of “banana”
People also write “bannana”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“bannana”
Correct spelling: banana. Misspelling: bannana.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “bannana” is only one letter off: it doubles the N, which banana spells with just one.
What does “banana” mean?
banana noun
- any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
Synonyms:
- elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Banana” in a sentence
- She had a banana for breakfast.
Is “banana” a playable word?
8 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“bananna” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BANANA.