geranio
[xeˈɾanjo]
The verdict
“geranio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,830 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,830
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Geranium spp., Pelargonium spp.) Cualquiera de unas 600 especies de plantas de la familia de las geraniáceas, de distribución cosmopolita, tallo erecto, hojas palmadas, flores vistosas de color bl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geranio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xeˈɾanjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geranio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geranio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,830 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [xeˈɾanjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Geranium spp., Pelargonium spp.) Cualquiera de unas 600 especies de plantas de la familia de las geraniáceas, de distribución cosmopolita, tallo erecto, hojas palmadas, flores vistosas de color bl...".
No misspelling variants are generated for geranio in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 geranio, spelled G-E-R-A-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1(Geranium spp., Pelargonium spp.) Cualquiera de unas 600 especies de plantas de la familia de las geraniáceas, de distribución cosmopolita, tallo erecto, hojas palmadas, flores vistosas de color blanco a púrpura y fruto en cápsula. Por su resistencia y atractivo, se emplean frecuentemente como ornamentales.
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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 “geranio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-R-A-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xeˈɾanjo] (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.