gabardina
[gaβ̞aɾˈð̞ina]
The verdict
“gabardina” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #46,578 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,578
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tejido de algodón, lana o fibra sintética de consistencia trabajada y muy apretada, caracterizada por tener una cara lisa y una acanalada en diagonal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabardina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaβ̞aɾˈð̞ina] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gabardina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gabardina is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaβ̞aɾˈð̞ina]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,578 in overall Spanish 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gabardina, with forms such as "agbardina", "gaabrdina", and "gabadrina". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gabardina, spelled G-A-B-A-R-D-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Tejido de algodón, lana o fibra sintética de consistencia trabajada y muy apretada, caracterizada por tener una cara lisa y una acanalada en diagonal.
- 2Prenda exterior que se utiliza para resguardarse de la lluvia. La gabardina es una pieza impermeable abierta que llega hasta la rodilla y que tiene botones y solapas muy visibles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agbardina,gaabrdina,gabadrina,gabarddina,gabardian,gabardinna,gabardnia,gabaridna,gabarrdina,gabbardina,gabradina,gavardina,gbaardina,ggabardina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gabardina - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gabardina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-B-A-R-D-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaβ̞aɾˈð̞ina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.