guayacán
[gwaʝaˈkãn]
The verdict
“guayacán” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,133 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,133
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (género Guaiacum) Árbol de la familia de las cigofiláceas, que crece hasta unos doce metros de altura, de tronco ramoso y torcido, hojas pareadas y elípticas, flores con pétalos de color blanco azu...
Corpus desk
Index ES-guayacan · guayacán · Spanish
guayacán · rank #80,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,133
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,549
- PHOTO-FINISH guadalupano
Nearest frequency peer: guadalupano (-1 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 “guayacán”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gorbea
Gorbea
19,875 corpus weight
- gorgojo
gorgojo
19,874 corpus weight
- guadalupano
guadalupano
19,869 corpus weight
- guayacán
guayacán
19,868 corpus weight
- gustosa
gustosa
19,867 corpus weight
- habit
habit
19,865 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “guayacán” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guayacán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaʝaˈkãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guayacán” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guayacán is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,133 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwaʝaˈkãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for guayacán in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 guayacán, spelled G-U-A-Y-A-C-Á-N.
Definition
- 1(género Guaiacum) Árbol de la familia de las cigofiláceas, que crece hasta unos doce metros de altura, de tronco ramoso y torcido, hojas pareadas y elípticas, flores con pétalos de color blanco azulado y fruto capsular, carnoso. Es natural de América tropical.
- 2Madera de este árbol, de color cetrino negruzco y extremadamente dura.
Synonyms
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.