gabán
[gaˈβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“gabán” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capote con mangas, y a veces con capilla, que regularmente se hace de paño fuerte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gaban · gabán · Spanish
gabán · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gabán” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gabán is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gabán, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gabán, spelled G-A-B-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Capote con mangas, y a veces con capilla, que regularmente se hace de paño fuerte.
- 2(Ciconia maguari) Cigüeña nativa de América del Sur, de gran tamaño, alcanzando los 130 cm de largo. Muestra poco dimorfismo sexual, siendo de color blanco, con la cabeza, el cuello y el pecho con reflejos grises, y los extremos del ala y la cola negras. Es gregaria, formando bandadas no muy numerosas. Habita regiones de lagunas o marjales en zonas tropicales y subtropicales de América.
- 3Prenda de lana tejida en telar de pedal que consiste en un lienzo rectangular con abertura central longitudinal para introducir la cabeza. Es utilizado mayormente en las zonas de clima templado a frío del centro de la República Mexicana.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gabán appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En la noche de San Juan Cómo comparten su pan Su mujer y su gabán Gentes de cien mil raleas
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.