ganzúa
[gãnˈsua]
The verdict
“ganzúa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alambre fuerte y doblado por una punta, a modo de garfio, con que, a falta de llave, pueden correrse los pestillos de la cerradura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ganzua · ganzúa · Spanish
ganzúa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganzúa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gãnˈsua] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ganzúa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ganzúa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gãnˈsua]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
ganzúa has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ganzúa, spelled G-A-N-Z-Ú-A.
Definition
- 1Alambre fuerte y doblado por una punta, a modo de garfio, con que, a falta de llave, pueden correrse los pestillos de la cerradura.
- 2Ladrón que roba lo que está muy cerrado o escondido.
- 3Persona que tiene arte o maña para sonsacar a otra su secreto.
- 4El que ejecuta la pena de muerte.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.