guillotina

/[giʝoˈt̪ina]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,373

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

guillotina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Máquina que consta de una cuchilla ancha y pesada que cae deslizándose entre dos guías, empleada para decapitar a los condenados a muerte. Pronounced [giʝoˈt̪ina].

Key facts for guillotina
PropertyValue
Headwordguillotina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[giʝoˈt̪ina]
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,373
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guillotina is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [giʝoˈt̪ina]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,373 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for guillotina, with forms such as "gguillotina", "giullotina", and "guilloitna". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 guillotina, spelled G-U-I-L-L-O-T-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Máquina que consta de una cuchilla ancha y pesada que cae deslizándose entre dos guías, empleada para decapitar a los condenados a muerte.
  2. 2
    Cizalla (máquina similar a la guillotina usada para cortar chapa o cartón).
  3. 3
    Táctica usada para evitar el obstruccionismo, limitando las intervenciones o el plazo de la discusión.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gguillotina,giullotina,guilloitna,guillotian,guillotinna,guillotnia,guillottina,guilltoina,guiloltina,guilotina,gulilotina,ugillotina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guillotina

Misspelling Variants of "guillotina"

gguillotina11giullotina10guilloitna10guillotian10guillotinna11guillotnia10guillottina11guilltoina10
Misspelling Variants of "guillotina"

Frequency rank: #31,373 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guillotina"?
"guillotina" is spelled G-U-I-L-L-O-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [giʝoˈt̪ina].
What does "guillotina" mean?
As a noun, "guillotina" means: Máquina que consta de una cuchilla ancha y pesada que cae deslizándose entre dos guías, empleada para decapitar a los condenados a muerte.
What are common misspellings of "guillotina"?
Common misspellings include "gguillotina", "giullotina", "guilloitna", "guillotian", "guillotinna". The correct spelling is "guillotina".
How do you pronounce "guillotina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guillotina" is [giʝoˈt̪ina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guillotina" come from?
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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.