girar

/[xiˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,462

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

girar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer mover a algún objeto en forma de círculo alrededor de un eje o centro. Pronounced [xiˈɾaɾ]. It ranks #9,462 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gran and giro.

Key facts for girar
PropertyValue
Headwordgirar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[xiˈɾaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,462
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for girar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xiˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,462 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for girar, with forms such as "ggirar", "giarr", and "girarr". 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 girar, spelled G-I-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer mover a algún objeto en forma de círculo alrededor de un eje o centro.
  2. 2
    Transferir dinero.
  3. 3
    Remitir una orden de pago.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggirar,giarr,girarr,girrar,griar,igrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for girar

Misspelling Variants of "girar"

ggirar6giarr5girarr6girrar6griar5igrar5
Misspelling Variants of "girar"

Frequency rank: #9,462 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "girar"?
"girar" is spelled G-I-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [xiˈɾaɾ].
What does "girar" mean?
As a verb, "girar" means: Hacer mover a algún objeto en forma de círculo alrededor de un eje o centro.
What words are commonly confused with "girar"?
"girar" 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 "girar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "girar" is [xiˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "girar" come from?
"girar" 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.