gears
/ɡɪɚz/
The verdict
“gears” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,844 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,844
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de gear.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gears |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɪɚz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gears” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gears is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,844 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɪɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de gear.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gears, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is gears, spelled G-E-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de gear.
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.
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Using “gears”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-A-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.