guaraná
[gwaɾaˈna]
The verdict
“guaraná” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,976 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,976
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Paullinia cupana) Arbusto trepador de la familia de las sapindáceas, nativo de la cuenca del Amazonas, monoico, de hojas grandes de forma lanceolada y margen serrado, flores cigomorfas, pentámeras...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guaraná |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaɾaˈna] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guaraná” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guaraná is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,976 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwaɾaˈna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guaraná, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is guaraná, spelled G-U-A-R-A-N-Á.
Definition
- 1(Paullinia cupana) Arbusto trepador de la familia de las sapindáceas, nativo de la cuenca del Amazonas, monoico, de hojas grandes de forma lanceolada y margen serrado, flores cigomorfas, pentámeras, fruto rojo en cápsula conteniendo tres semillas de color oscuro. Se cultiva desde época precolombina para aprovechar sus semillas.
- 2Pasta de semillas de guaraná₁, usada en la preparación de bebidas estimulantes.
- 3Bebida preparada con guaraná₂ en solución.
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 “guaraná”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-R-A-N-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gwaɾaˈna] (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.