gandul
[gãn̪ˈd̪ul]
The verdict
“gandul” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,987 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,987
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona a la que no le gusta trabajar y procura evitar hacerlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gandul · gandul · Spanish
gandul · rank #82,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,987
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gando
Nearest frequency peer: gando (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gandul”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- frotarse
frotarse
17,022 corpus weight
- frustrando
frustrando
17,021 corpus weight
- gamberro
gamberro
17,017 corpus weight
- gando
gando
17,015 corpus weight
- gandul
gandul
17,014 corpus weight
- gavia
gavia
17,010 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gandul” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gandul |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gãn̪ˈd̪ul] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gandul” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gandul is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,987 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [gãn̪ˈd̪ul]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona a la que no le gusta trabajar y procura evitar hacerlo.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gandul, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is gandul, spelled G-A-N-D-U-L.
Definition
- 1Persona a la que no le gusta trabajar y procura evitar hacerlo.
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); 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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