gargantilla

/[gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,361

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gargantilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Collar corto que se ajusta al cuello. Pronounced [gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa].

Key facts for gargantilla
PropertyValue
Headwordgargantilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa]
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gargantilla is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,361 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gargantilla in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Collar corto que se ajusta al cuello.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las cuentas que forman un collar.

Frequency rank: #76,361 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gargantilla"?
"gargantilla" is spelled G-A-R-G-A-N-T-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa].
What does "gargantilla" mean?
As a noun, "gargantilla" means: Collar corto que se ajusta al cuello.
How do you pronounce "gargantilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gargantilla" is [gaɾɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪iʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.