girasol

/[xiɾaˈsol]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,429

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

girasol is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Helianthus annuus) Planta de la familia de las asteráceas, herbácea, anual, originaria de América, de tallo alto y erecto y característica inflorescencia amarilla en forma de disco. Sus semillas c... Pronounced [xiɾaˈsol]. Often confused with graso and grasos.

Key facts for girasol
PropertyValue
Headwordgirasol
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xiɾaˈsol]
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,429
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for girasol is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xiɾaˈsol]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,429 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for girasol, with forms such as "ggirasol", "giarsol", and "giraosl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "graso", "grasos", "girasoles", 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 girasol, spelled G-I-R-A-S-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Helianthus annuus) Planta de la familia de las asteráceas, herbácea, anual, originaria de América, de tallo alto y erecto y característica inflorescencia amarilla en forma de disco. Sus semillas comestibles se aprovechan para la extracción de aceite.
  2. 2
    Flor de esta planta.
  3. 3
    Persona volátil que se pliega a la opinión de los poderosos para granjearse su favor.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggirasol,giarsol,giraosl,giraslo,girasoll,girassol,girrasol,girsaol,griasol,igrasol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for girasol

Misspelling Variants of "girasol"

ggirasol8giarsol7giraosl7giraslo7girasoll8girassol8girrasol8girsaol7
Misspelling Variants of "girasol"

Frequency rank: #23,429 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "girasol"?
"girasol" is spelled G-I-R-A-S-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [xiɾaˈsol].
What does "girasol" mean?
As a noun, "girasol" means: (Helianthus annuus) Planta de la familia de las asteráceas, herbácea, anual, originaria de América, de tallo alto y erecto y característica inflorescencia amarilla en forma de disco. Sus semillas c...
What words are commonly confused with "girasol"?
"girasol" is commonly confused with "graso", "grasos", "girasoles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "girasol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "girasol" is [xiɾaˈsol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "girasol" come from?
"girasol" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.