garganta

/[gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,905

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

garganta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del cuello anterior a la columna vertebral. Consiste en la faringe y la laringe. Pronounced [gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a]. It ranks #4,905 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gargantas and garante.

Key facts for garganta
PropertyValue
Headwordgarganta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,905
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for garganta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,905 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for garganta, with forms such as "agrganta", "gagranta", and "garagnta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gargantas", "garante", "garantía", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 garganta, spelled G-A-R-G-A-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del cuello anterior a la columna vertebral. Consiste en la faringe y la laringe.
  2. 2
    Espacio interno comprendido entre el velo del paladar y la entrada del esófago y de la laringe.
  3. 3
    Cuello (parte más estrecha de algo).
  4. 4
    Parte superior del pie, por donde está unido con la pierna.
  5. 5
    Valle profundo y estrecho de paredes altas, rectas y perpendiculares, por donde pasa un río.
  6. 6
    Ángulo que forma la cama del arado con el dental y la reja.
  7. 7
    Parte más delgada y estrecha de una columna, de un balaustre o de otra pieza semejante.
  8. 8
    Abertura menor de la cañonera que se abre en las fortificaciones para el uso de la artillería.
  9. 9
    Cama del arado.
  10. 10
    Capacidad de la voz para cantar.
  11. 11
    Persona con buena voz para canto.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrganta,gagranta,garagnta,garganat,gargannta,gargantta,gargatna,gargganta,gargnata,garrganta,ggarganta,graganta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for garganta

Misspelling Variants of "garganta"

agrganta8gagranta8garagnta8garganat8gargannta9gargantta9gargatna8gargganta9
Misspelling Variants of "garganta"

Frequency rank: #4,905 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garganta"?
"garganta" is spelled G-A-R-G-A-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a].
What does "garganta" mean?
As a noun, "garganta" means: Parte del cuello anterior a la columna vertebral. Consiste en la faringe y la laringe.
What words are commonly confused with "garganta"?
"garganta" is commonly confused with "gargantas", "garante", "garantía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garganta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garganta" is [gaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garganta" come from?
"garganta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.