guaraná

[gwaɾaˈna]

/[gwaɾaˈna]/ noun

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The verdict

“guaraná” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,976 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,976
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-guarana · guaraná · Spanish

guaraná · rank #90,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,976
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH guardavidas

Nearest frequency peer: guardavidas (+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 “guaraná”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “guaraná” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guaraná
PropertyValue
Headwordguaraná
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gwaɾaˈna]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “guaraná” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).guaranácae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “guardavidas” (#90,977), “guatón” (#90,978), “guacamaya” (#90,973). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “guaraná” va en #90,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guaraná is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,976 among 1,728 “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. 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.
  2. 2
    Pasta de semillas de guaraná₁, usada en la preparación de bebidas estimulantes.
  3. 3
    Bebida preparada con guaraná₂ en solución.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how guaraná appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Del guaraná se toman las semillas, como de la nuez de cola; con ellas se prepara una pasta, la pasta de guaraná, más excitante aún que las restantes especies del mismo jaez cuando es de buena clase.
  2. Los hombres de ciencia carecían aún de laboratorios adecuados; la experimentación científica propiamente dicha no había ni empezado; pero los cinco famosos fármacos excitantes, el té, el café, la nuez de cola, la hierba del Paraguay y el guaraná, eran conocidos y usados en Asia, en África y en América, antes de los grandes viajes del Renacimiento. Tampoco…

This word in other languages

guarana(English)guaraná(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guaraná"?
"guaraná" is spelled G-U-A-R-A-N-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [gwaɾaˈna].
What does "guaraná" mean?
As a noun, "guaraná" means: (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...
How do you pronounce "guaraná"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guaraná" is [gwaɾaˈna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guaraná" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guaraná", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gritaré#90,971gatitas#90,959Foronda#90,943imprimo#91,016

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list