giran

/[ˈxiɾãn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,421

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

giran is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de girar. Pronounced [ˈxiɾãn]. Often confused with gran and giro.

Key facts for giran
PropertyValue
Headwordgiran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈxiɾãn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,421
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of giran in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for giran is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxiɾãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,421 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de girar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for giran, with forms such as "ggiran", "giarn", and "girann". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "giro", "girl", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is giran, spelled G-I-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de girar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggiran,giarn,girann,girna,girran,grian,igran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for giran

Misspelling Variants of "giran"

ggiran6giarn5girann6girna5girran6grian5igran5
Misspelling Variants of "giran"

Frequency rank: #19,421 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "giran"?
"giran" is spelled G-I-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxiɾãn].
What does "giran" mean?
As a verb, "giran" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de girar.
What words are commonly confused with "giran"?
"giran" is commonly confused with "gran", "giro", "girl". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "giran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "giran" is [ˈxiɾãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "giran" come from?
"giran" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.