guairao
[gwajˈɾao]
The verdict
“guairao” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave pelecaniforme de la familia Ardeidae.2 3 ampliamente distribuida por Eurasia, África y América. De tamaño medio (entre 60 y 65 cm), ojos de color rojo intenso, garganta,...
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Index ES-guairao · guairao · Spanish
guairao · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | guairao |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwajˈɾao] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “guairao” en español
Rare enough to double-check
guairao is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwajˈɾao]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave pelecaniforme de la familia Ardeidae.2 3 ampliamente distribuida por Eurasia, África y América. De tamaño medio (entre 60 y 65 cm), ojos de color rojo intenso, garganta,...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guairao, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is guairao, spelled G-U-A-I-R-A-O.
Definition
- 1(Nycticorax nycticorax) Ave pelecaniforme de la familia Ardeidae.2 3 ampliamente distribuida por Eurasia, África y América. De tamaño medio (entre 60 y 65 cm), ojos de color rojo intenso, garganta, pecho y partes inferiores de un blanco puro; la parte superior de la cabeza y el dorso son de un gris oscuro; de la nuca le salen tres largas plumas blancas; las patas y pies son de color amarillo pálido (algo más intenso en época de cría), y el pico, fuerte aunque no excesivamente largo, es verdoso en la base y negro en la parte superior. Es notable la escasa longitud de su cuello, si lo comparamos con el de otras garzas como la garza real o la garceta común.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guairao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por el lado del cementerio del cual asoman las rechonchas estatuas de hombres graves, desenrollando pergaminos o de ángeles rollizos entre los cipreses, nidos de presagios y guairaos, canturrean las sartenes su fritanga irremediable de los barrios pobres...
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.