guns

//ɡʌnz// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,927

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

guns is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de gun. Pronounced /ɡʌnz/. Often confused with guy and Gus.

Key facts for guns
PropertyValue
Headwordguns
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡʌnz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,927
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guns is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡʌnz/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,927 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de gun.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for guns, with forms such as "gguns", "gnus", and "gunns". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "Gus", "gurú", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 guns, spelled G-U-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de gun.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gguns,gnus,gunns,gunss,gusn,ugns

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guns

Misspelling Variants of "guns"

gguns5gnus4gunns5gunss5gusn4ugns4
Misspelling Variants of "guns"

Frequency rank: #30,927 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guns"?
"guns" is spelled G-U-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡʌnz/.
What does "guns" mean?
As a noun, "guns" means: Forma del plural de gun.
What words are commonly confused with "guns"?
"guns" is commonly confused with "guy", "Gus", "gurú". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guns"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guns" is /ɡʌnz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guns" come from?
"guns" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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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.