gritar

/[gɾiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,795

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gritar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hablar con la voz muy fuerte, para intimidar, alertar o comunicarse cuando el ruido de fondo impide la conversación normal. Pronounced [gɾiˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #4,795 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with grito and guiar.

Key facts for gritar
PropertyValue
Headwordgritar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[gɾiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,795
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gritar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gritar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gɾiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,795 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for gritar, with forms such as "ggritar", "girtar", and "griatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grito", "guiar", "guita", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is gritar, spelled G-R-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hablar con la voz muy fuerte, para intimidar, alertar o comunicarse cuando el ruido de fondo impide la conversación normal.
  2. 2
    Emitir sonidos fuertes, ruidosos causados por el miedo, el dolor, la cólera, la locura, etc.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggritar,girtar,griatr,gritarr,gritra,grittar,grritar,grtiar,rgitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gritar

Misspelling Variants of "gritar"

ggritar7girtar6griatr6gritarr7gritra6grittar7grritar7grtiar6
Misspelling Variants of "gritar"

Frequency rank: #4,795 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gritar"?
"gritar" is spelled G-R-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [gɾiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "gritar" mean?
As a verb, "gritar" means: Hablar con la voz muy fuerte, para intimidar, alertar o comunicarse cuando el ruido de fondo impide la conversación normal.
What words are commonly confused with "gritar"?
"gritar" is commonly confused with "grito", "guiar", "guita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gritar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gritar" is [gɾiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gritar" come from?
"gritar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.