ganar
[gaˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“ganar” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #708 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #708
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obtener un beneficio económico.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [gaˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ganar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ganar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #708 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ganar, with forms such as "agnar", "gaanr", and "ganarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gar", "gane", "gano", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ganar, spelled G-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Obtener un beneficio económico.
- 2Obtener una ganancia a través de cualquier medio.
- 3Salir victorioso de una lucha, disputa o competición.
- 4Aventajar en algo a otro.
- 5Referido a un lugar, conquistarlo.
- 6Adquirir caudal o aumentarlo con cualquier género de comercio, industria o trabajo.
- 7Referido a un lugar, llegar a él, especialmente si al lograrlo se sale de un peligro.
- 8Atraer con exhortaciones o predicación.
- 9Seducir, sobornar.
- 10Captarse, granjearse estimación, afecto, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnar,gaanr,ganarr,gannar,ganra,gganar,gnaar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ganar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ganar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈnaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gar” - see the side-by-side comparison. ganar vs gar
- 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.