gruta

/[ˈgɾut̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,011

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gruta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cavidad amplia, pero convencionalmente más pequeña que una cueva, que se encuentra en una roca, montaña o bajo la superficie de la tierra, de origen natural o construcción humana. Pronounced [ˈgɾut̪a]. Often confused with gua and guía.

Key facts for gruta
PropertyValue
Headwordgruta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾut̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,011
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gruta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾut̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,011 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cavidad amplia, pero convencionalmente más pequeña que una cueva, que se encuentra en una roca, montaña o bajo la superficie de la tierra, de origen natural o construcción humana.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for gruta, with forms such as "ggruta", "grruta", and "grtua". 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, "gua", "guía", "gula", 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 gruta, spelled G-R-U-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavidad amplia, pero convencionalmente más pequeña que una cueva, que se encuentra en una roca, montaña o bajo la superficie de la tierra, de origen natural o construcción humana.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggruta,grruta,grtua,gruat,grutta,gurta,rguta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gruta

Misspelling Variants of "gruta"

ggruta6grruta6grtua5gruat5grutta6gurta5rguta5
Misspelling Variants of "gruta"

Frequency rank: #28,011 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gruta"?
"gruta" is spelled G-R-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾut̪a].
What does "gruta" mean?
As a noun, "gruta" means: Cavidad amplia, pero convencionalmente más pequeña que una cueva, que se encuentra en una roca, montaña o bajo la superficie de la tierra, de origen natural o construcción humana.
What words are commonly confused with "gruta"?
"gruta" is commonly confused with "gua", "guía", "gula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gruta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gruta" is [ˈgɾut̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gruta" come from?
"gruta" 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.