gela
[ˈxela]
The verdict
“gela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,961 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,961
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gelarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gela · gela · Spanish
gela · rank #90,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,961
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Gelves
Nearest frequency peer: Gelves (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Galarreta
Galarreta
9,046 corpus weight
- gathering
gathering
9,043 corpus weight
- gatitas
gatitas
9,042 corpus weight
- gela
gela
9,040 corpus weight
- Gelves
Gelves
9,039 corpus weight
- Gomis
Gomis
9,034 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “gela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,961 among 1,728 “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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