gavia

/[ˈgaβ̞ja]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#82,991

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gavia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Jaula de madera en que se encierra al loco o furioso. Pronounced [ˈgaβ̞ja].

Key facts for gavia
PropertyValue
Headwordgavia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgaβ̞ja]
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,991
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gavia is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgaβ̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,991 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gavia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 gavia, spelled G-A-V-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jaula de madera en que se encierra al loco o furioso.
  2. 2
    Casco de la armadura.
  3. 3
    Zanja que se abre en la tierra para desagüe o linde de propiedades.
  4. 4
    Hoyo o zanja que se hace en la tierra para plantar los árboles o las cepas.
  5. 5
    Cofa, especie de rellano hecho de madera en la parte superior de los mástiles, en las galeras.
  6. 6
    Vela colocada en el mastelero del palo mayor de una embarcación.
  7. 7
    Por extensión: Velas de los masteleros de trinquete (velacho) y mesana (sobremesana).

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #82,991 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gavia"?
"gavia" is spelled G-A-V-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgaβ̞ja].
What does "gavia" mean?
As a noun, "gavia" means: Jaula de madera en que se encierra al loco o furioso.
How do you pronounce "gavia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gavia" is [ˈgaβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gavia" come from?
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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.