gerundio
[xeˈɾũn̪d̪jo]
The verdict
“gerundio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,108 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,108
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma verbal de caracter impersonal utilizada para expresar acciones de carácter progresivo. Se distingue por utilizar las terminaciones -ando, -iendo y -yendo, y generalmente se utiliza en oracion...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gerundio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xeˈɾũn̪d̪jo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gerundio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gerundio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,108 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [xeˈɾũn̪d̪jo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma verbal de caracter impersonal utilizada para expresar acciones de carácter progresivo. Se distingue por utilizar las terminaciones -ando, -iendo y -yendo, y generalmente se utiliza en oracion...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gerundio in our index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is gerundio, spelled G-E-R-U-N-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Forma verbal de caracter impersonal utilizada para expresar acciones de carácter progresivo. Se distingue por utilizar las terminaciones -ando, -iendo y -yendo, y generalmente se utiliza en oraciones con un carácter adverbial.
This word in other languages
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 “gerundio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-R-U-N-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xeˈɾũn̪d̪jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.