guerra

/[ˈgera]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#256

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

guerra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conflicto armado entre mucha gente (países, bandos) y con gran número de víctimas (muertos, heridos, damnificados). Pronounced [ˈgera]. It ranks #256 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with guiará and guerras.

Key facts for guerra
PropertyValue
Headwordguerra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgera]
Letters6
Frequency rank#256
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guerra is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgera]. Corpus data places it at rank #256 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for guerra, with forms such as "geurra", "gguerra", and "guera". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "guiará", "guerras", "Guevara", 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 guerra, spelled G-U-E-R-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conflicto armado entre mucha gente (países, bandos) y con gran número de víctimas (muertos, heridos, damnificados).
  2. 2
    Cualquier lucha en la que no se respeta al enemigo ni sigue unas normas comunes.
  3. 3
    Toda especie de lucha y combate, aunque sea en sentido moral.
  4. 4
    Pugna, disidencia entre dos o más personas.
  5. 5
    Cierto juego de billar.
  6. 6
    Oposición de una cosa con otra.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: geurra,gguerra,guera,guerar,gurera,ugerra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guerra

Misspelling Variants of "guerra"

geurra6gguerra7guera5guerar6gurera6ugerra6
Misspelling Variants of "guerra"

Frequency rank: #256 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guerra"?
"guerra" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgera].
What does "guerra" mean?
As a noun, "guerra" means: Conflicto armado entre mucha gente (países, bandos) y con gran número de víctimas (muertos, heridos, damnificados).
What words are commonly confused with "guerra"?
"guerra" is commonly confused with "guiará", "guerras", "Guevara". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guerra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerra" is [ˈgera]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guerra" come from?
"guerra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.