guardacostas
[gwaɾð̞aˈkost̪as]
The verdict
“guardacostas” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,782
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buque destinado a impedir la introducción del contrabando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-guardacostas · guardacostas · Spanish
guardacostas · rank #39,782 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,782
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,549
- PHOTO-FINISH gossip
Nearest frequency peer: gossip (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “guardacostas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ginecología
ginecología
60,224 corpus weight
- glas
glas
60,223 corpus weight
- gossip
gossip
60,222 corpus weight
- guardacostas
guardacostas
60,219 corpus weight
- gules
gules
60,216 corpus weight
- habidas
habidas
60,215 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “guardacostas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guardacostas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaɾð̞aˈkost̪as] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #39,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guardacostas” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around guardacostas (IPA [gwaɾð̞aˈkost̪as]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,782 among 17,549 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for guardacostas, with forms such as "gaurdacostas", "gguardacostas", and "guadracostas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is guardacostas, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-C-O-S-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Buque destinado a impedir la introducción del contrabando.
- 2El empleado encargado de la persecución del contrabando en las costas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gaurdacostas
- gguardacostas
- guadracostas
- guaradcostas
- guardaccostas
- guardacosats
- guardacosstas
- guardacostass
- guardacostsa
- guardacosttas
- guardacotsas
- guardacsotas
- guardaocstas
- guardcaostas
- guarddacostas
- guarrdacostas
- guradacostas
- ugardacostas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guardacostas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guardacostas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
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.