guardaespaldas
[gwaɾð̞aesˈpal̪d̪as]
The verdict
“guardaespaldas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,869 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,869
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona cuyo cometido es acompañar y cuidar la integridad física de otra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guardaespaldas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaɾð̞aesˈpal̪d̪as] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #16,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guardaespaldas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for guardaespaldas is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gwaɾð̞aesˈpal̪d̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,869 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona cuyo cometido es acompañar y cuidar la integridad física de otra.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for guardaespaldas, with forms such as "gaurdaespaldas", "gguardaespaldas", and "guadraespaldas". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is guardaespaldas, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-E-S-P-A-L-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1Persona cuyo cometido es acompañar y cuidar la integridad física de otra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gaurdaespaldas,gguardaespaldas,guadraespaldas,guaradespaldas,guardaepsaldas,guardaesapldas,guardaespadlas,guardaespalads,guardaespaldass,guardaespalddas,guardaespaldsa,guardaespalldas,guardaespladas,guardaesppaldas,guardaesspaldas,guardasepaldas,guarddaespaldas,guardeaspaldas,guarrdaespaldas,guradaespaldas,ugardaespaldas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guardaespaldas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “guardaespaldas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-R-D-A-E-S-P-A-L-D-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gwaɾð̞aesˈpal̪d̪as] (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
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.