guata
[ˈgwat̪a]
The verdict
“guata” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,812 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lámina gruesa de algodón en rama que se emplea para rellenar o acolchar tejidos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guata |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgwat̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guata” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for guata is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwat̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,812 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lámina gruesa de algodón en rama que se emplea para rellenar o acolchar tejidos.".
guata doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is guata, spelled G-U-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Lámina gruesa de algodón en rama que se emplea para rellenar o acolchar tejidos.
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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 “guata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgwat̪a] (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.