guanche
[ˈgwãnʲt͡ʃe]
The verdict
“guanche” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,439 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,439
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio o relativo a los habitantes primitivos de las Islas Canarias al tiempo de su conquista. Inicialmente se aplicaba exclusivamente al aborigen de la isla de Tenerife, ampliándose su uso más tar...
Corpus desk
Index ES-guanche · guanche · Spanish
guanche · rank #97,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,439
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH guarapo
Nearest frequency peer: guarapo (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “guanche”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- graníticas
graníticas
2,566 corpus weight
- gritería
gritería
2,564 corpus weight
- guanche
guanche
2,562 corpus weight
- guarapo
guarapo
2,561 corpus weight
- guardare
guardare
2,560 corpus weight
- guaros
guaros
2,559 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “guanche” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guanche |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈgwãnʲt͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “guanche” en español
Rare enough to double-check
guanche is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,439 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈgwãnʲt͡ʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio o relativo a los habitantes primitivos de las Islas Canarias al tiempo de su conquista. Inicialmente se aplicaba exclusivamente al aborigen de la isla de Tenerife, ampliándose su uso más tar...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for guanche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is guanche, spelled G-U-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Propio o relativo a los habitantes primitivos de las Islas Canarias al tiempo de su conquista. Inicialmente se aplicaba exclusivamente al aborigen de la isla de Tenerife, ampliándose su uso más tarde a los pobladores de todo el archipiélago.
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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