gorrión

/[goˈrjõn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,247

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

gorrión is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Passer domesticus) Pájaro cosmopolita que mide 14,5 cm, en la que predominan el gris y el café, con la garganta y parte superior del pecho negros, encima de los ojos coloración castaño oscura que ... Pronounced [goˈrjõn]. Often confused with gorro and gorros.

Key facts for gorrión
PropertyValue
Headwordgorrión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[goˈrjõn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,247
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gorrión is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [goˈrjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,247 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for gorrión, with forms such as "ggorrión", "gorirón", and "gorión". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gorro", "gorros", "gorrito", 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 gorrión, spelled G-O-R-R-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Passer domesticus) Pájaro cosmopolita que mide 14,5 cm, en la que predominan el gris y el café, con la garganta y parte superior del pecho negros, encima de los ojos coloración castaño oscura que se ensancha hacia atrás y luego continúa con un manto estriado de gris y café. Tiene un pico corto y grueso. Las hembras y ejemplares juveniles tienen un colorido menos vistoso. Junto con las palomas, son las Aves que mejor se acomodan con la presencia humana y viven tanto en las ciudades como en el campo.
  2. 2
    (Eugenes fulgens) Pequeña ave americana de unos 13 cm, capaz de detenerse en pleno vuelo, de retroceder volando y de mantener un vuelo estacionario. Es de coloración verde, con el dorso verde azulado, una coronilla violeta sobre la cabeza y una mancha blanca tras el ojo. La hembra es menos vistosa. Habita desde el suroeste de los EE.UU. hasta Panamá.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggorrión,gorirón,gorión,gorrinó,gorriónn,gorróin,grorión,ogrrión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gorrión

Misspelling Variants of "gorrión"

ggorrión8gorirón7gorión6gorrinó7gorriónn8gorróin7grorión7ogrrión7
Misspelling Variants of "gorrión"

Frequency rank: #39,247 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gorrión"?
"gorrión" is spelled G-O-R-R-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [goˈrjõn].
What does "gorrión" mean?
As a noun, "gorrión" means: (Passer domesticus) Pájaro cosmopolita que mide 14,5 cm, en la que predominan el gris y el café, con la garganta y parte superior del pecho negros, encima de los ojos coloración castaño oscura que ...
What words are commonly confused with "gorrión"?
"gorrión" is commonly confused with "gorro", "gorros", "gorrito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gorrión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gorrión" is [goˈrjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gorrión" come from?
"gorrión" 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.