guante

/[ˈgwãn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,606

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

guante is aSpanishnoun. It means: Prenda que viste y protege la mano, sea o no con los dedos separados Pronounced [ˈgwãn̪t̪e]. Often confused with guarde and guantes.

Key facts for guante
PropertyValue
Headwordguante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgwãn̪t̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,606
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of guante in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guante is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,606 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prenda que viste y protege la mano, sea o no con los dedos separados".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for guante, with forms such as "gaunte", "gguante", and "guanet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "guarde", "guantes", "gane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is guante, spelled G-U-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prenda que viste y protege la mano, sea o no con los dedos separados

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gaunte,gguante,guanet,guannte,guantte,guatne,gunate,ugante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guante

Misspelling Variants of "guante"

gaunte6gguante7guanet6guannte7guantte7guatne6gunate6ugante6
Misspelling Variants of "guante"

Frequency rank: #16,606 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guante"?
"guante" is spelled G-U-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgwãn̪t̪e].
What does "guante" mean?
As a noun, "guante" means: Prenda que viste y protege la mano, sea o no con los dedos separados
What words are commonly confused with "guante"?
"guante" is commonly confused with "guarde", "guantes", "gane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guante" is [ˈgwãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guante" come from?
"guante" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.