gela
[ˈxela]
The verdict
“gela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,961 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,961
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gelarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈxela] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gela” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,961 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈxela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gelarse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gela, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gela, spelled G-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gelarse.
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 “gela”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxela] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.