# guerrilla

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡəˈɹɪlə/ · frequency rank #17,623

## Definitions
1. A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
2. A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
3. A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.
4. A maker of guerrilla television.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

## Easily confused with
- **guerilla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guerilla-vs-guerrilla)
- **gorilla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gorilla-vs-guerrilla)

## Common misspellings (8)
`geurrilla`, `gguerrilla`, `guerirlla`, `guerrila`, `guerrilal`, `guerrlila`, `gurerilla`, `ugerrilla`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/guerrilla