Girolamo
/d͡ʒi.ɾoˈla.mo/
The verdict
“Girolamo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,836 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jerónimo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Girolamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒi.ɾoˈla.mo/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Girolamo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Girolamo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,836 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /d͡ʒi.ɾoˈla.mo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jerónimo.".
Girolamo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Girolamo, spelled G-I-R-O-L-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jerónimo.
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 “Girolamo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-I-R-O-L-A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /d͡ʒi.ɾoˈla.mo/ (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.