gua
[ˈgwa]
The verdict
“gua” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,118 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #37,118
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indica admiración o miedo ante algo.
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 | gua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈgwa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #37,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gua” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gua is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwa]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,118 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indica admiración o miedo ante algo.".
gua has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "Gus", "gun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gua, spelled G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Indica admiración o miedo ante algo.
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 “gua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgwa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guy” - see the side-by-side comparison. gua vs guy
- 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.