gafa
[ˈgafa]
The verdict
“gafa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,837 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,837
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento que sirve para armar la ballesta, que tiene una manija, y del remate sale una asa con un gancho, que prende en la cuerda. Junto a la misma manija salen dos medias lunas de acero, prolon...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gafa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgafa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gafa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gafa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,837 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgafa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gafa, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 gafa, spelled G-A-F-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento que sirve para armar la ballesta, que tiene una manija, y del remate sale una asa con un gancho, que prende en la cuerda. Junto a la misma manija salen dos medias lunas de acero, prolongadas en las puntas, y movibles en su nacimiento, las cuales abrazan la caja de la ballesta. Haciendo fuerza en dos pitones de hierro, que tiene a los lados de dicha caja, se va apretando con la manija hacia la culata, y va cogiendo tanta fuerza que la cuerda que está presa al gancho contrapuesto viene fácilmente a montarse en la nuez, y a dejar armada la ballesta.
- 2Variante poco usada de gafas.
- 3Cada uno de los enganches con que aseguran a las orejas los anteojos.
- 4Objeto metálico en forma de U con sus extremos afilados. Se usa para unir dos piezas contiguas, como tablas o planchas y también papeles.
- 5Objeto en forma de tenaza donde se cuelgan objetos pesados.
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 “gafa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-F-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgafa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.