garita
[gaˈɾit̪a]
The verdict
“garita” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,245 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,245
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Puesto de vigilancia usado en algunas fortificaciones. En muchos casos puede ser una torre pequeña con ventanillas largas y estrechas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈɾit̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garita” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for garita is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for garita, with forms such as "agrita", "gairta", and "gariat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gata", "grito", "grita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is garita, spelled G-A-R-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Puesto de vigilancia usado en algunas fortificaciones. En muchos casos puede ser una torre pequeña con ventanillas largas y estrechas.
- 2Cuarto pequeño que los porteros de las casas suelen tener en los portales, a fin de poder ver quien entra y sale.
- 3Lugar común, que sólo tiene un asiento y si tiene varios, cada división separada con el suyo.
- 4Casa, habitación, cuarto o estancia de cortas dimensiones.
- 5Dolmen.
- 6Derecho que se paga al garitero por el cuidado de prevenir lo necesario para las mesas de juego.
- 7Entrada, puerta de la ciudad.
- 8Escusado, 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garita - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “garita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-R-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈɾit̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gata” - see the side-by-side comparison. garita vs gata
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.