gramínea
[gɾaˈminea]
The verdict
“gramínea” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (familia Poaceae) Cualquiera de unas 10.000 especies distribuídas en 600 géneros de plantas liliópsidas cosmopolitas, caracterizadas por sus tallos huecos de forma cilíndrica, con las hojas esparci...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gramínea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gɾaˈminea] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gramínea” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gramínea is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gɾaˈminea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(familia Poaceae) Cualquiera de unas 10.000 especies distribuídas en 600 géneros de plantas liliópsidas cosmopolitas, caracterizadas por sus tallos huecos de forma cilíndrica, con las hojas esparci...".
gramínea doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is gramínea, spelled G-R-A-M-Í-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1(familia Poaceae) Cualquiera de unas 10.000 especies distribuídas en 600 géneros de plantas liliópsidas cosmopolitas, caracterizadas por sus tallos huecos de forma cilíndrica, con las hojas esparcidas brotando de los nudos, las flores normalmente hermafroditas, reunidas en espículas que conforman espigas, panículas o racimos, y frutos en cariópside. Incluye los pastos, los cereales y los bambúes, entre muchas otras especies de interés económico.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gramínea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-M-Í-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gɾaˈminea] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.