guincho
[ˈgĩnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“guincho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento con punta para herir o picar, que suele hacerse de una vara o palo aguzado a este efecto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guincho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgĩnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guincho” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guincho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgĩnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for guincho in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is guincho, spelled G-U-I-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Instrumento con punta para herir o picar, que suele hacerse de una vara o palo aguzado a este efecto.
- 2Águila pescadora.
- 3Variante de gancho.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “guincho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-I-N-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgĩnʲt͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.