goloso
[goˈloso]
The verdict
“goloso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,632 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,632
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aficionado a comer golosinas,
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goloso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [goˈloso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “goloso” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
goloso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,632 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [goˈloso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for goloso in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is goloso, spelled G-O-L-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Aficionado a comer golosinas,
- 2Que desea mucho alguna cosa.
- 3Que es muy apetecido, deseado.
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 “goloso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-O-L-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [goˈloso] (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.