guanacos
[gwaˈnakos]
The verdict
“guanacos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,356 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,356
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de guanaco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guanacos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaˈnakos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guanacos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guanacos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,356 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwaˈnakos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de guanaco.".
Zero misspellings are on record for guanacos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is guanacos, spelled G-U-A-N-A-C-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de guanaco.
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 “guanacos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-N-A-C-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gwaˈnakos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.