guiri
[ˈgiɾi]
The verdict
“guiri” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,316 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,316
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partidario del bando liberal en las Guerras Carlistas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guiri |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgiɾi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guiri” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guiri is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,316 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgiɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for guiri, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is guiri, spelled G-U-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1Partidario del bando liberal en las Guerras Carlistas.
- 2Natural de un país extranjero y no hispanohablante.
- 3Agente de la Guardia Civil.
- 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
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.
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Using “guiri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-I-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgiɾi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.