gli
/ʎi/
The verdict
“gli” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,849 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an article. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,849
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artículo definido plural masculino.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gli · gli · Spanish
gli · rank #63,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,849
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Girardi
Nearest frequency peer: Girardi (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gli”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- gentleman
gentleman
36,155 corpus weight
- Gioconda
Gioconda
36,154 corpus weight
- Girardi
Girardi
36,153 corpus weight
- gli
gli
36,152 corpus weight
- glitter
glitter
36,151 corpus weight
- Gorki
Gorki
36,149 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gli” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gli |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Article |
| IPA | /ʎi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gli” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gli is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,849 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anarticle, transcribed /ʎi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artículo definido plural masculino.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gli, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is gli, spelled G-L-I.
Definition
- 1Artículo definido plural masculino.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
palabras que inician en vocal: gli astri, gli articoli, gli aironi.
palabras que inician en x: gli xilofoni.
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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