garito

[gaˈɾit̪o]

/[gaˈɾit̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“garito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,294 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,294
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Local de mala reputación, o de no muy buen aspecto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-garito · garito · Spanish

garito · rank #70,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,294
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH garchando

Nearest frequency peer: garchando (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “garito”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “garito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for garito
PropertyValue
Headwordgarito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaˈɾit̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “garito” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).garitocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “garchando” (#70,293), “Gaspard” (#70,295), “gangas” (#70,292). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “garito” va en #70,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

garito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,294 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈɾit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

garito has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is garito, spelled G-A-R-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Local de mala reputación, o de no muy buen aspecto.
  2. 2
    Local de ocio y diversión, bar, taberna o cualquier establecimiento similar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garito"?
"garito" is spelled G-A-R-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈɾit̪o].
What does "garito" mean?
As a noun, "garito" means: Local de mala reputación, o de no muy buen aspecto.
How do you pronounce "garito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garito" is [gaˈɾit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garito" come from?
"garito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "garito", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list