gola

/[ˈgola]/ noun

The verdict

“gola” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #65,405 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#65,405
frequency rank, Spanish
4
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Adorno de delicado tejido que fruncido o plegado era utilizado por hombres y mujeres alrededor del cuello, sobre todo, durante los siglos XVI y XVII.

Key facts for gola
PropertyValue
Headwordgola
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgola]
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gola” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gola lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gola is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgola]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,405 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gola in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 gola, spelled G-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adorno de delicado tejido que fruncido o plegado era utilizado por hombres y mujeres alrededor del cuello, sobre todo, durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
  2. 2
    Parte de la armadura que protegía la garganta.
  3. 3
    Insignia militar propia de oficiales, que se lleva sobre el pecho atada con cordón o cadena a modo de collar. Está compuesta por una plancha metálica en forma de luna.
  4. 4
    Parte trasera del revellín.
  5. 5
    El gaznate o tragadero.
  6. 6
    Insignia de algunos oficiales de infantería, de siglos atrás.
  7. 7
    Boca, desembocadura o entrada en los ríos.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gola"?
"gola" is spelled G-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgola].
What does "gola" mean?
As a noun, "gola" means: Adorno de delicado tejido que fruncido o plegado era utilizado por hombres y mujeres alrededor del cuello, sobre todo, durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
How do you pronounce "gola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gola" is [ˈgola]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gola" come from?
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Using “gola”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is G-O-L-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈgola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby Spanish words

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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list