guerre

[ɡɛʁ]

/[ɡɛʁ]/ noun

The verdict

“guerre” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,112 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,112
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conflicto armado, hostilidades, guerra o pelea.

Corpus desk

Index ES-guerre · guerre · Spanish

guerre · rank #63,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,112
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH gravitacional…

Nearest frequency peer: gravitacionales (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “guerre”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “guerre” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guerre
PropertyValue
Headwordguerre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɛʁ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “guerre” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).guerrecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “gravitacionales” (#63,111), “grafeno” (#63,109), “Gálatas” (#63,115). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “guerre” va en #63,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guerre is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,112 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for guerre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is guerre, spelled G-U-E-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conflicto armado, hostilidades, guerra o pelea.
  2. 2
    Estrategia o táctica (arte).
  3. 3
    Disputa (lucha contra algo)
  4. 4
    Asalto contra la presa.

Synonyms

conflithostilitéspolémologiestratégietactiqueattaqueconflitdébatdémêléquerelle

Antonyms

non-violencepaix

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guerre"?
"guerre" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɛʁ].
What does "guerre" mean?
As a noun, "guerre" means: Conflicto armado, hostilidades, guerra o pelea.
How do you pronounce "guerre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerre" is [ɡɛʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guerre" come from?
"guerre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guerre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list