gruñir
[gɾuˈɲiɾ]
The verdict
“gruñir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,844 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,844
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emitir su voz el cerdo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-grunir · gruñir · Spanish
gruñir · rank #86,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,844
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH guiamos
Nearest frequency peer: guiamos (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gruñir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- glauco
glauco
13,164 corpus weight
- gratia
gratia
13,160 corpus weight
- gruñir
gruñir
13,157 corpus weight
- guiamos
guiamos
13,156 corpus weight
- guineano
guineano
13,155 corpus weight
- hablarás
hablarás
13,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gruñir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gruñir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [gɾuˈɲiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gruñir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gruñir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,844 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [gɾuˈɲiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gruñir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gruñir, spelled G-R-U-Ñ-I-R.
Definition
- 1Emitir su voz el cerdo.
- 2Emitir un sonido amenazante el perro y otros animales.
- 3Expresar su mal humor una persona con voz ronca y mal articulada.
- 4Hacer las cosas de mala gana y rezongando.
- 5Sonar un engranaje mal aceitado, en particular un gozne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gruñir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gruñir la puerta.
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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