gripe
[ˈgɾipe]
The verdict
“gripe” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,123 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,123
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad viral muy contagiosa, que afecta las vías respiratorias y causa fiebre.
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 | gripe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgɾipe] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gripe” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gripe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾipe]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,123 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enfermedad viral muy contagiosa, que afecta las vías respiratorias y causa fiebre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gripe, with forms such as "ggripe", "girpe", and "griep". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "gris", "guíe", "grupo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gripe, spelled G-R-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad viral muy contagiosa, que afecta las vías respiratorias y causa fiebre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggripe,girpe,griep,grippe,grpie,grripe,rgipe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gripe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gripe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-I-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgɾipe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gris” - see the side-by-side comparison. gripe vs gris
- 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.