gregario
[gɾeˈɣ̞aɾjo]
The verdict
“gregario” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #81,024 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #81,024
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de un animal o persona que practica el gregarismo. Esto significa que sigue una tendencia a agruparse en manadas o colonias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gregario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gɾeˈɣ̞aɾjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gregario” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gregario is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gɾeˈɣ̞aɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,024 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice de un animal o persona que practica el gregarismo. Esto significa que sigue una tendencia a agruparse en manadas o colonias.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gregario, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gregario, spelled G-R-E-G-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un animal o persona que practica el gregarismo. Esto significa que sigue una tendencia a agruparse en manadas o colonias.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “gregario”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-E-G-A-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gɾeˈɣ̞aɾjo] (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.