guacamayo de Spix

[gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks]

/[gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks]/ phrase

The verdict

“guacamayo de Spix” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — (Cyanopsitta spixii) Especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) de distintas tonalidades de azul, del orden de las Psittaciformes, que se encuentra prácticamente extinta en estado salv...

Key facts for guacamayo de Spix
PropertyValue
Headwordguacamayo de Spix
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guacamayo de Spix” sits in Spanish frequency

guacamayo de Spix falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guacamayo de Spix is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Cyanopsitta spixii) Especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) de distintas tonalidades de azul, del orden de las Psittaciformes, que se encuentra prácticamente extinta en estado salv...".

No misspelling variants are generated for guacamayo de Spix in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 guacamayo de Spix, spelled G-U-A-C-A-M-A-Y-O- -D-E- -S-P-I-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    (Cyanopsitta spixii) Especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) de distintas tonalidades de azul, del orden de las Psittaciformes, que se encuentra prácticamente extinta en estado salvaje. Los pocos ejemplares que quedan habitan al noroeste de Brasil.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guacamayo de Spix"?
"guacamayo de Spix" is spelled G-U-A-C-A-M-A-Y-O- -D-E- -S-P-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is [gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks].
What does "guacamayo de Spix" mean?
As a phrase, "guacamayo de Spix" means: (Cyanopsitta spixii) Especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) de distintas tonalidades de azul, del orden de las Psittaciformes, que se encuentra prácticamente extinta en estado salv...
How do you pronounce "guacamayo de Spix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guacamayo de Spix" is [gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “guacamayo de Spix”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-C-A-M-A-Y-O- -D-E- -S-P-I-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [gwakaˈmaʝo ð̞e ˈspiks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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