guacal
[gwaˈkal]
The verdict
“guacal” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jaula o cesta mexicana hecha de carrizo o palma para transportar víveres.
Corpus desk
Index ES-guacal · guacal · Spanish
guacal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guacal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaˈkal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “guacal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
guacal is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwaˈkal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for guacal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is guacal, spelled G-U-A-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Jaula o cesta mexicana hecha de carrizo o palma para transportar víveres.
- 2(Crescentia alata) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, de pequeño porte, nativo de América Central. Produce grandes frutos redondos u oblongos, de paredes gruesas y muy duras, que se utilizaban como cestas. Las semillas que contienen, de sabor que recuerda al del regaliz, son comestibles
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.