gobierna

/[goˈβ̞jeɾna]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,464

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

gobierna is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pieza de metal, ordinariamente en forma de saeta, que se coloca en lo alto de las torres u otros edificios de modo que pueda girar alrededor de un eje vertical y señalar la dirección del viento. Pronounced [goˈβ̞jeɾna]. It ranks #9,464 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gobierno and gobierne.

Key facts for gobierna
PropertyValue
Headwordgobierna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[goˈβ̞jeɾna]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,464
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gobierna is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [goˈβ̞jeɾna]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,464 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pieza de metal, ordinariamente en forma de saeta, que se coloca en lo alto de las torres u otros edificios de modo que pueda girar alrededor de un eje vertical y señalar la dirección del viento.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for gobierna, with forms such as "gboierna", "ggobierna", and "gobbierna". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "gobierno", "gobierne", "gobiernos", 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 gobierna, spelled G-O-B-I-E-R-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieza de metal, ordinariamente en forma de saeta, que se coloca en lo alto de las torres u otros edificios de modo que pueda girar alrededor de un eje vertical y señalar la dirección del viento.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gboierna,ggobierna,gobbierna,gobeirna,gobienra,gobieran,gobiernna,gobierrna,gobirena,goiberna,govierna,ogbierna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gobierna

Misspelling Variants of "gobierna"

gboierna8ggobierna9gobbierna9gobeirna8gobienra8gobieran8gobiernna9gobierrna9
Misspelling Variants of "gobierna"

Frequency rank: #9,464 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gobierna"?
"gobierna" is spelled G-O-B-I-E-R-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [goˈβ̞jeɾna].
What does "gobierna" mean?
As a noun, "gobierna" means: Pieza de metal, ordinariamente en forma de saeta, que se coloca en lo alto de las torres u otros edificios de modo que pueda girar alrededor de un eje vertical y señalar la dirección del viento.
What words are commonly confused with "gobierna"?
"gobierna" is commonly confused with "gobierno", "gobierne", "gobiernos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gobierna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gobierna" is [goˈβ̞jeɾna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gobierna" come from?
"gobierna" 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.