gari
[ˈgaɾi]
The verdict
“gari” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,828 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,828
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Encurtido de jengibre dulce cortado en láminas muy finas, que se sirve típicamente para limpiar el paladar de los sabores entre bocados de sushi
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gari |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgaɾi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gari” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gari is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,828 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgaɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Encurtido de jengibre dulce cortado en láminas muy finas, que se sirve típicamente para limpiar el paladar de los sabores entre bocados de sushi".
gari doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 gari, spelled G-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1Encurtido de jengibre dulce cortado en láminas muy finas, que se sirve típicamente para limpiar el paladar de los sabores entre bocados de sushi
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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Using “gari”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgaɾi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.