governance
/ˈɡʌv.ə.nəns/
The verdict
“governance” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,008 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gobierno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-governance · governance · Spanish
governance · rank #83,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,008
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,549
- PHOTO-FINISH graduando
Nearest frequency peer: graduando (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “governance”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gipsy
gipsy
16,998 corpus weight
- Gorostiza
Gorostiza
16,995 corpus weight
- governance
governance
16,993 corpus weight
- graduando
graduando
16,992 corpus weight
- Graz
Graz
16,991 corpus weight
- guerrerense
guerrerense
16,988 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “governance” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | governance |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌv.ə.nəns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “governance” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
governance is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,008 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡʌv.ə.nəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for governance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is governance, spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Gobierno.
- 2Gobernación.
- 3Gobernanza.
- 4Gestión
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.