gara
[ˈgaɾa]
The verdict
“gara” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #49,033 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,033
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que pertenece al sexo que aporta el gameto de menor tamaño al cigoto y que entre los vertebrados no gesta internamente en ningún momento.
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 | gara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgaɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gara” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gara is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgaɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,033 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que pertenece al sexo que aporta el gameto de menor tamaño al cigoto y que entre los vertebrados no gesta internamente en ningún momento.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for gara, including "ggara" and "graa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gr", "gas", "gay", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 gara, spelled G-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que pertenece al sexo que aporta el gameto de menor tamaño al cigoto y que entre los vertebrados no gesta internamente en ningún momento.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggara,graa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “gara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgaɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gr” - see the side-by-side comparison. gara vs gr
- 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.