guiri

/[ˈgiɾi]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#77,316

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

guiri is aSpanishnoun. It means: Partidario del bando liberal en las Guerras Carlistas. Pronounced [ˈgiɾi].

Key facts for guiri
PropertyValue
Headwordguiri
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgiɾi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guiri is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgiɾi]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,316 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for guiri in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 guiri, spelled G-U-I-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partidario del bando liberal en las Guerras Carlistas.
  2. 2
    Natural de un país extranjero y no hispanohablante.
  3. 3
    Agente de la Guardia Civil.
  4. 4
    (Ulex europaeus) Arbusto espinoso de la familia de las fabáceas, nativo de Europa, de hasta 3 m de altura, con hojas trifoliadas que en los ejemplares adultos se convierten en espinas de hasta 3 cm de largo. Florece en primavera, produciendo inflorescencias arracimadas en las brácteas axilares, que fructificarán en vainas pequeñas, pardorrojizas. Es muy invasor, y rebrota con facilidad tras ser quemado.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #77,316 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guiri"?
"guiri" is spelled G-U-I-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgiɾi].
What does "guiri" mean?
As a noun, "guiri" means: Partidario del bando liberal en las Guerras Carlistas.
How do you pronounce "guiri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guiri" is [ˈgiɾi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guiri" 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.