garra

[ˈgara]

/[ˈgara]/ noun

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The verdict

“garra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,592) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,592
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uñas largas, fuertes y curvadas que poseen algunos animales, especialmente carnívoros.

Corpus desk

Index ES-garra · garra · Spanish

garra · rank #16,592 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,592
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH fundido

Nearest frequency peer: fundido (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “garra”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “garra” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

garra vs gira
60% similar
garra vs Gary
40% similar
garra vs gaza
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “garra”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).garracae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “fundido” (#16,591), “Fujimori” (#16,590), “generalidad” (#16,594). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “garra” va en #16,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for garra is neighbouring look-alikes ("gira", "Gary", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈgara]. Frequency #16,592 among 1,728 “G” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for garra, with forms such as "agrra", "garar", and "ggarra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is garra, spelled G-A-R-R-A.

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

zarpazarpasangrehuevos

This word in other languages

claw(English)griffe(Français)Kralle(Deutsch)garra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrra
  • garar
  • ggarra
  • grara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agrra2garar2ggarra1grara2
Edit distance from "garra"

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 "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'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 "garra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Franz#16,589Ghana#16,598evitó#16,576hello#16,608

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list