garrafa

/[gaˈrafa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,290

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

garrafa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recipiente para bebidas u otros fluidos, de forma que recuerda a un cilindro con cuello y boca ancha. Pronounced [gaˈrafa].

Key facts for garrafa
PropertyValue
Headwordgarrafa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gaˈrafa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for garrafa is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈrafa]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,290 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for garrafa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 garrafa, spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recipiente para bebidas u otros fluidos, de forma que recuerda a un cilindro con cuello y boca ancha.
  2. 2
    En particular, garrafa₁ de cuello largo empleada antiguamente para enfriar bebidas o elaborar helados.
  3. 3
    En particular, garrafa₁ en forma de vasija forrada de mimbre, empleada para almacenar bebidas o aceites comestibles.
  4. 4
    Recipiente estanco en que se almacena combustible a alta presión para uso doméstico o industrial.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,290 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "garrafa"?
"garrafa" is spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈrafa].
What does "garrafa" mean?
As a noun, "garrafa" means: Recipiente para bebidas u otros fluidos, de forma que recuerda a un cilindro con cuello y boca ancha.
How do you pronounce "garrafa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garrafa" is [gaˈrafa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garrafa" come from?
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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.