gamuza

/[gaˈmusa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,610

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gamuza is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Rupicapra rupicapra) Mamífero rumiante, ovino, parecido a la cabra, que vive en manadas en los Alpes, hasta el límite de las nieves. Muy codiciado por su piel flexible, de color amarillo pálido, c... Pronounced [gaˈmusa].

Key facts for gamuza
PropertyValue
Headwordgamuza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaˈmusa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,610
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gamuza in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gamuza is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈmusa]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,610 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gamuza in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is gamuza, spelled G-A-M-U-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Rupicapra rupicapra) Mamífero rumiante, ovino, parecido a la cabra, que vive en manadas en los Alpes, hasta el límite de las nieves. Muy codiciado por su piel flexible, de color amarillo pálido, con la que se confeccionan guantes, zapatos, chaquetas y pantalones.
  2. 2
    Piel curtida de este animal u otros similares, caracterizada por su suavidad y color.
  3. 3
    Color predominante del pelaje de verano del bóvido rupicapra. :* Color: :* Color:
  4. 4
    Paño que imita la textura y aspecto de la piel de gamuza, usado para limpiar muebles de interior.

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Frequency rank: #61,610 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamuza"?
"gamuza" is spelled G-A-M-U-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈmusa].
What does "gamuza" mean?
As a noun, "gamuza" means: (Rupicapra rupicapra) Mamífero rumiante, ovino, parecido a la cabra, que vive en manadas en los Alpes, hasta el límite de las nieves. Muy codiciado por su piel flexible, de color amarillo pálido, c...
How do you pronounce "gamuza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamuza" is [gaˈmusa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gamuza" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.