garífuna
[gaˈɾifuna]
The verdict
“garífuna” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a un grupo étnico descendiente de africanos y pueblos originarios caribes y arahuacos de varias regiones del Caribe, que principalmente reside en Honduras y Guatemala.
Corpus desk
Index ES-garifuna · garífuna · Spanish
garífuna · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | garífuna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gaˈɾifuna] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “garífuna” en español
Rare enough to double-check
garífuna is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [gaˈɾifuna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne a un grupo étnico descendiente de africanos y pueblos originarios caribes y arahuacos de varias regiones del Caribe, que principalmente reside en Honduras y Guatemala.".
garífuna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is garífuna, spelled G-A-R-Í-F-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a un grupo étnico descendiente de africanos y pueblos originarios caribes y arahuacos de varias regiones del Caribe, que principalmente reside en Honduras y Guatemala.
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.