gauda
[ˈgawð̞a]
The verdict
“gauda” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave de la familia Ardeidae (garzas), de cuerpo blanco por el vientre y gris oscuro por el dorso, con ojos rojos y tres plumas largas en la nuca. Se distribuye por América, E...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gauda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgawð̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gauda” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gauda is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgawð̞a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave de la familia Ardeidae (garzas), de cuerpo blanco por el vientre y gris oscuro por el dorso, con ojos rojos y tres plumas largas en la nuca. Se distribuye por América, E...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gauda, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gauda, spelled G-A-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1(Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave de la familia Ardeidae (garzas), de cuerpo blanco por el vientre y gris oscuro por el dorso, con ojos rojos y tres plumas largas en la nuca. Se distribuye por América, Europa, Asia y África. Es de hábitos crepusculares y habita en las cercanías de pantanos o cuerpos de agua. En Chiloé se la asocia con la brujería.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gauda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-U-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgawð̞a] (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
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.