gringo
[ˈgɾĩŋgo]
The verdict
“gringo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,555
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que habla mal el español, especialmente si se debe a un fuerte acento extranjero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gringo · gringo · Spanish
gringo · rank #18,555 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,555
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gradas
Nearest frequency peer: gradas (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “gringo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- genuina
genuina
81,449 corpus weight
- golpearon
golpearon
81,448 corpus weight
- gradas
gradas
81,447 corpus weight
- gringo
gringo
81,446 corpus weight
- guiso
guiso
81,445 corpus weight
- gustando
gustando
81,444 corpus weight
What this shows “gringo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gringo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈgɾĩŋgo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “gringo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around gringo (IPA [ˈgɾĩŋgo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,555 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gringo, with forms such as "ggringo", "girngo", and "grigno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "grito", "guiño", "gringos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gringo, spelled G-R-I-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Que habla mal el español, especialmente si se debe a un fuerte acento extranjero.
- 2Por extensión, propio de, relativo a o natural de un país extranjero y no hispanohablante.
- 3En especial, propio de, relativo a o natural de Estados Unidos.
- 4De piel, cabellos y/o ojos claros.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gringo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gringos, llaman en Málaga á los estranjeros, que tienen cierta especie de acento, que los priva de una locución facil, y natural Castellana; y en Madrid dán el mismo, y por la misma causa con particularidad á los Irlandeses.
más vale una chula que treinta gringas.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggringo
- girngo
- grigno
- gringgo
- grinngo
- grinog
- grnigo
- grringo
- rgingo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gringo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gringo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).