garita

/[gaˈɾit̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,245

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

garita is aSpanishnoun. It means: Puesto de vigilancia usado en algunas fortificaciones. En muchos casos puede ser una torre pequeña con ventanillas largas y estrechas. Pronounced [gaˈɾit̪a]. Often confused with gata and grito.

Key facts for garita
PropertyValue
Headwordgarita
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaˈɾit̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,245
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for garita is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈɾit̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,245 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for garita, with forms such as "agrita", "gairta", and "gariat". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gata", "grito", "grita", and more, 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 garita, spelled G-A-R-I-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Puesto de vigilancia usado en algunas fortificaciones. En muchos casos puede ser una torre pequeña con ventanillas largas y estrechas.
  2. 2
    Cuarto pequeño que los porteros de las casas suelen tener en los portales, a fin de poder ver quien entra y sale.
  3. 3
    Lugar común, que sólo tiene un asiento y si tiene varios, cada división separada con el suyo.
  4. 4
    Casa, habitación, cuarto o estancia de cortas dimensiones.
  5. 5
    Dolmen.
  6. 6
    Derecho que se paga al garitero por el cuidado de prevenir lo necesario para las mesas de juego.
  7. 7
    Entrada, puerta de la ciudad.
  8. 8
    Escusado, que sólo tiene un asiento y si tiene varios, cada división separada con el suyo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrita,gairta,gariat,garitta,garrita,gartia,ggarita,graita

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for garita

Misspelling Variants of "garita"

agrita6gairta6gariat6garitta7garrita7gartia6ggarita7graita6
Misspelling Variants of "garita"

Frequency rank: #39,245 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garita"?
"garita" is spelled G-A-R-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈɾit̪a].
What does "garita" mean?
As a noun, "garita" means: Puesto de vigilancia usado en algunas fortificaciones. En muchos casos puede ser una torre pequeña con ventanillas largas y estrechas.
What words are commonly confused with "garita"?
"garita" is commonly confused with "gata", "grito", "grita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garita" is [gaˈɾit̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garita" come from?
"garita" 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.