guirre

[ˈgire]

/[ˈgire]/ noun

The verdict

“guirre” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Neophron percnopterus) Ave rapaz de la familia Accipitridae parecida al buitre pero de menor tamaño, de color blanco sucio, con las remeras negras y la cola en forma de cuña. Se alimenta de animal...

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Index ES-guirre · guirre · Spanish

guirre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for guirre
PropertyValue
Headwordguirre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgire]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “guirre” en español

guirrequeda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guirre is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgire]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Neophron percnopterus) Ave rapaz de la familia Accipitridae parecida al buitre pero de menor tamaño, de color blanco sucio, con las remeras negras y la cola en forma de cuña. Se alimenta de animal...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guirre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is guirre, spelled G-U-I-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Neophron percnopterus) Ave rapaz de la familia Accipitridae parecida al buitre pero de menor tamaño, de color blanco sucio, con las remeras negras y la cola en forma de cuña. Se alimenta de animales en estado de descomposición, vive en África septentrional y pasa el verano en Europa. Es propia de África y el sur de la región paleártica hasta la India.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guirre"?
"guirre" is spelled G-U-I-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgire].
What does "guirre" mean?
As a noun, "guirre" means: (Neophron percnopterus) Ave rapaz de la familia Accipitridae parecida al buitre pero de menor tamaño, de color blanco sucio, con las remeras negras y la cola en forma de cuña. Se alimenta de animal...
How do you pronounce "guirre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guirre" is [ˈgire]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guirre" come from?
"guirre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list