Grulla
[ˈgɾuʝa]
The verdict
“Grulla” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,362 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #56,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de una constelación austral situada al sur del Pez Austral (Piscis Austrinus) entre las constelaciones del Microscopio, el Indio, el Tucán, el Fénix y el Escultor. Su estrella más brillante ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grulla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈgɾuʝa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grulla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Grulla is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾuʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,362 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de una constelación austral situada al sur del Pez Austral (Piscis Austrinus) entre las constelaciones del Microscopio, el Indio, el Tucán, el Fénix y el Escultor. Su estrella más brillante ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grulla, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Grulla, spelled G-R-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de una constelación austral situada al sur del Pez Austral (Piscis Austrinus) entre las constelaciones del Microscopio, el Indio, el Tucán, el Fénix y el Escultor. Su estrella más brillante es Al Nair ("el luminoso", en árabe), y la siguiente en brillo es Al Dhanab ("la cola").
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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 “Grulla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-U-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgɾuʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.