guantera
[gwãn̪ˈt̪eɾa]
The verdict
“guantera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,855 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,855
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Compartimento situado en el salpicadero de un automóvil donde se guardan objetos pequeños.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guantera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwãn̪ˈt̪eɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guantera” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guantera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,855 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwãn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for guantera, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct Spanish form is guantera, spelled G-U-A-N-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Compartimento situado en el salpicadero de un automóvil donde se guardan objetos pequeños.
- 2Persona que se dedica a confeccionar o a vender guantes.
This word in other languages
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 “guantera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-N-T-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gwãn̪ˈt̪eɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.