guan
[ˈgwãn]
The verdict
“guan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,044
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Cracidae) Aves gallináceas del Nuevo Mundo de los géneros Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina y Pipile, de la subfamilia Penelopinae. Sobre todo la Penelope purpurascens.
Corpus desk
Index ES-guan · guan · Spanish
guan · rank #49,044 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,044
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Goyo
Nearest frequency peer: Goyo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “guan”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- genuinas
genuinas
50,962 corpus weight
- geógrafos
geógrafos
50,961 corpus weight
- gobiernen
gobiernen
50,960 corpus weight
- Goyo
Goyo
50,958 corpus weight
- guan
guan
50,957 corpus weight
- heard
heard
50,953 corpus weight
What this shows “guan” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | guan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgwãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “guan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around guan (IPA [ˈgwãn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,044 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Cracidae) Aves gallináceas del Nuevo Mundo de los géneros Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina y Pipile, de la subfamilia Penelopinae. Sobre todo la Penelope purpurascens.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for guan, with forms such as "gaun", "gguan", and "guann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "Gus", "gun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is guan, spelled G-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1(Cracidae) Aves gallináceas del Nuevo Mundo de los géneros Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina y Pipile, de la subfamilia Penelopinae. Sobre todo la Penelope purpurascens.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gaun
- gguan
- guann
- guna
- ugan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).