garrafal

[garaˈfal]

/[garaˈfal]/ adj

The verdict

“garrafal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,615 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,615
frequency rank, Spanish
17,549
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de cierta especie de guindas y cerezas, mayores y de mejor gusto que las comunes.

Key facts for garrafal
PropertyValue
Headwordgarrafal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[garaˈfal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “garrafal” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). garrafal lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

garrafal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,615 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [garaˈfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for garrafal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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. The correct Spanish form is garrafal, spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de cierta especie de guindas y cerezas, mayores y de mejor gusto que las comunes.
  2. 2
    Dicho de los árboles que las producen.
  3. 3
    Aplícase en sentido figurado a ciertas cosas exorbitantes.

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 "garrafal"?
"garrafal" is spelled G-A-R-R-A-F-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [garaˈfal].
What does "garrafal" mean?
As an adjective, "garrafal" means: Dicho de cierta especie de guindas y cerezas, mayores y de mejor gusto que las comunes.
How do you pronounce "garrafal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garrafal" is [garaˈfal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garrafal" come from?
"garrafal" 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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Using “garrafal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-R-R-A-F-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [garaˈfal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list