guarde

/[ˈgwaɾð̞e]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,262

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

guarde is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse. Pronounced [ˈgwaɾð̞e]. Often confused with guide and guardo.

Key facts for guarde
PropertyValue
Headwordguarde
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈgwaɾð̞e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,262
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guarde is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwaɾð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,262 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for guarde, with forms such as "gaurde", "gguarde", and "guadre". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "guide", "guardo", "guarra", 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 guarde, spelled G-U-A-R-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de guardar o del imperativo negativo de guardarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gaurde,gguarde,guadre,guardde,guared,guarrde,gurade,ugarde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guarde

Misspelling Variants of "guarde"

gaurde6gguarde7guadre6guardde7guared6guarrde7gurade6ugarde6
Misspelling Variants of "guarde"

Frequency rank: #13,262 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guarde"?
"guarde" is spelled G-U-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgwaɾð̞e].
What does "guarde" mean?
As a verb, "guarde" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de guardar o de guardarse.
What words are commonly confused with "guarde"?
"guarde" is commonly confused with "guide", "guardo", "guarra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guarde" is [ˈgwaɾð̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guarde" come from?
"guarde" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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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.