gomera

/[goˈmeɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,634

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

gomera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Horquilla de madera u otro material, a la que se une una goma elástica para arrojar munición pequeña. Pronounced [goˈmeɾa]. Often confused with Gómez and gorra.

Key facts for gomera
PropertyValue
Headwordgomera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[goˈmeɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,634
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gomera is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [goˈmeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,634 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Horquilla de madera u otro material, a la que se une una goma elástica para arrojar munición pequeña.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for gomera, with forms such as "ggomera", "gmoera", and "goemra". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Gómez", "gorra", "govern", 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 gomera, spelled G-O-M-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Horquilla de madera u otro material, a la que se une una goma elástica para arrojar munición pequeña.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggomera,gmoera,goemra,gomear,gomerra,gommera,gomrea,ogmera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gomera

Misspelling Variants of "gomera"

ggomera7gmoera6goemra6gomear6gomerra7gommera7gomrea6ogmera6
Misspelling Variants of "gomera"

Frequency rank: #37,634 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gomera"?
"gomera" is spelled G-O-M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [goˈmeɾa].
What does "gomera" mean?
As a noun, "gomera" means: Horquilla de madera u otro material, a la que se une una goma elástica para arrojar munición pequeña.
What words are commonly confused with "gomera"?
"gomera" is commonly confused with "Gómez", "gorra", "govern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gomera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gomera" is [goˈmeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gomera" come from?
"gomera" 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.