garra

/[ˈgara]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,592

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

garra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Uñas largas, fuertes y curvadas que poseen algunos animales, especialmente carnívoros. Pronounced [ˈgara]. Often confused with gira and Gary.

Key facts for garra
PropertyValue
Headwordgarra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgara]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,592
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for garra is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgara]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for garra, with forms such as "agrra", "garar", and "ggarra". 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, "gira", "Gary", "gaza", 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 garra, spelled G-A-R-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uñas largas, fuertes y curvadas que poseen algunos animales, especialmente carnívoros.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, manos y patas de estos animales, o figurativamente de una persona rapaz y cruel.
  3. 3
    Cada uno de los ganchos del arpeo.
  4. 4
    Vigor, voluntad.
  5. 5
    Pierna.
  6. 6
    Extremidad del cuero por donde se afianza en las estacas al estirarlo.
  7. 7
    Pedazo de cuero endurecido y arrugado.
  8. 8
    Saco de cuero.
  9. 9
    Cualquiera de las prendas del apero de montar.
  10. 10
    Objeto de calidad deplorable.
  11. 11
    Cantidad pequeña de algo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrra,garar,ggarra,grara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for garra

Misspelling Variants of "garra"

agrra5garar5ggarra6grara5
Misspelling Variants of "garra"

Frequency rank: #16,592 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garra"?
"garra" is spelled G-A-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgara].
What does "garra" mean?
As a noun, "garra" means: Uñas largas, fuertes y curvadas que poseen algunos animales, especialmente carnívoros.
What words are commonly confused with "garra"?
"garra" is commonly confused with "gira", "Gary", "gaza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garra" is [ˈgara]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garra" come from?
"garra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.