gente
[ˈxẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“gente” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #92. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #92
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de personas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gente · gente · Spanish
gente · rank #92 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #92
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH están
Nearest frequency peer: están (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gente”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cada
cada
99,912 corpus weight
- después
después
99,911 corpus weight
- están
están
99,910 corpus weight
- gente
gente
99,909 corpus weight
- esa
esa
99,907 corpus weight
- estado
estado
99,906 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gente” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “gente” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gente (IPA [ˈxẽn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #92 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gente, with forms such as "egnte", "genet", and "gennte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "get", "gone", "gesto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is gente, spelled G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de personas.
- 2Pueblo.
- 3Grupo de personas con respecto a su líder.
- 4Grupo de personas que habitan un mismo lugar.
- 5Persona o individuo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«La gente se alborotó tras escuchar el discurso del presidente».
«La gente se unió a la búsqueda de la niña, la cual fue vista por última vez en el centro comercial».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnte
- genet
- gennte
- gentte
- getne
- ggente
- gnete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gente". Here's where to go from here.
- "gente" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "get". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #92 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.