guerrilla

/[geˈriʝa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,301

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

guerrilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Línea de tiradores formada de varias parejas o grupos poco numerosos, equidistantes unos de otros, que hostilizan al enemigo, cubriendo el frente o los flancos del cuerpo de batalla. Pronounced [geˈriʝa]. It ranks #9,301 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with guerrillas and guerrillera.

Key facts for guerrilla
PropertyValue
Headwordguerrilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[geˈriʝa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,301
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guerrilla is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [geˈriʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,301 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for guerrilla, with forms such as "geurrilla", "gguerrilla", and "guerilla". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "guerrillas", "guerrillera", 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 guerrilla, spelled G-U-E-R-R-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Línea de tiradores formada de varias parejas o grupos poco numerosos, equidistantes unos de otros, que hostilizan al enemigo, cubriendo el frente o los flancos del cuerpo de batalla.
  2. 2
    Partida de tropa ligera que hace las descubiertas y rompe las primeras escaramuzas.
  3. 3
    Partida de paisanos, por lo común no muy numerosa, que al mando de un jefe particular y con poca o ninguna dependencia de los del ejército, acosa y molesta al enemigo.
  4. 4
    Juego de naipes entre dos personas, cada una de las cuales recibe veinte cartas. El as vale cuatro, el rey tres, el caballo dos y la sota una.
  5. 5
    Grupo independiente de tamaño relativamente pequeño que lucha contra el gobierno o fuerzas regulares por medio de ataques armados por sorpresa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: geurrilla,gguerrilla,guerilla,guerirlla,guerrila,guerrilal,guerrlila,gurerilla,ugerrilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guerrilla

Misspelling Variants of "guerrilla"

geurrilla9gguerrilla10guerilla8guerirlla9guerrila8guerrilal9guerrlila9gurerilla9
Misspelling Variants of "guerrilla"

Frequency rank: #9,301 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guerrilla"?
"guerrilla" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [geˈriʝa].
What does "guerrilla" mean?
As a noun, "guerrilla" means: Línea de tiradores formada de varias parejas o grupos poco numerosos, equidistantes unos de otros, que hostilizan al enemigo, cubriendo el frente o los flancos del cuerpo de batalla.
What words are commonly confused with "guerrilla"?
"guerrilla" is commonly confused with "guerrillas", "guerrillera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guerrilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerrilla" is [geˈriʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guerrilla" come from?
"guerrilla" 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.