GPL

[ˈgpl]

/[ˈgpl]/ abbrev

The verdict

“GPL” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,021 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,021
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sigla recurrente de "General Public License" La Licencia Pública General de GNU. Es la licencia más ampliamente usada en el mundo del software y garantiza a los usuarios finales (personas, organiza...

Corpus desk

Index ES-gpl · GPL · Spanish

GPL · rank #81,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,021
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gorrita

Nearest frequency peer: Gorrita (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “GPL”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “GPL” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for GPL
PropertyValue
HeadwordGPL
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[ˈgpl]
Letters3
Frequency rank#81,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “GPL” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.GPLcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Gorrita” (#81,020), “granates” (#81,022), “gominolas” (#81,019). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “GPL” va en #81,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

GPL is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,021 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈgpl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sigla recurrente de "General Public License" La Licencia Pública General de GNU. Es la licencia más ampliamente usada en el mundo del software y garantiza a los usuarios finales (personas, organiza...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for GPL, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is GPL, spelled G-P-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sigla recurrente de "General Public License" La Licencia Pública General de GNU. Es la licencia más ampliamente usada en el mundo del software y garantiza a los usuarios finales (personas, organizaciones, compañías) la libertad de usar, estudiar, compartir (copiar) y modificar el software. Su propósito es declarar que el software cubierto por esta licencia es software libre y protegerlo de intentos de apropiación que restrinjan esas libertades a los usuarios. Esta licencia fue creada originalmente por Richard Stallman fundador de la Free Software Foundation (FSF) para el proyecto GNU.

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 "GPL"?
"GPL" is spelled G-P-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgpl].
What does "GPL" mean?
As an abbreviation, "GPL" means: Sigla recurrente de "General Public License" La Licencia Pública General de GNU. Es la licencia más ampliamente usada en el mundo del software y garantiza a los usuarios finales (personas, organiza...
How do you pronounce "GPL"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "GPL" is [ˈgpl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "GPL", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list