guarda

/[ˈgwaɾð̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,848

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

guarda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que cuida o custodia algo. Pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞a]. It ranks #3,848 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with guerra and guardo.

Key facts for guarda
PropertyValue
Headwordguarda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgwaɾð̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,848
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guarda is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwaɾð̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,848 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que cuida o custodia algo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for guarda, with forms such as "gaurda", "gguarda", and "guadra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guerra", "guardo", "guarde", 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 guarda, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que cuida o custodia algo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gaurda,gguarda,guadra,guarad,guardda,guarrda,gurada,ugarda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guarda

Misspelling Variants of "guarda"

gaurda6gguarda7guadra6guarad6guardda7guarrda7gurada6ugarda6
Misspelling Variants of "guarda"

Frequency rank: #3,848 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guarda"?
"guarda" is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgwaɾð̞a].
What does "guarda" mean?
As a noun, "guarda" means: Persona que cuida o custodia algo.
What words are commonly confused with "guarda"?
"guarda" is commonly confused with "guerra", "guardo", "guarde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guarda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guarda" is [ˈgwaɾð̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guarda" come from?
"guarda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.