guanche
[ˈgwãnʲt͡ʃe]
The verdict
“guanche” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,439 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,439
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “guanche” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guanche is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,439 among 17,549 “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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Using “guanche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgwãnʲt͡ʃe] (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.