gurú
[guˈɾu]
The verdict
“gurú” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,062 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,062
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jefe religioso o maestro.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gurú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [guˈɾu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gurú” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gurú is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [guˈɾu]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,062 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gurú, with forms such as "ggurú", "gruú", and "gurrú". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "Gus", "guys", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is gurú, spelled G-U-R-Ú.
Definition
- 1Jefe religioso o maestro.
- 2Guía espiritual, maestro o experto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggurú,gruú,gurrú,guúr,ugrú
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gurú - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “gurú”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-R-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [guˈɾu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guy” - see the side-by-side comparison. gurú vs guy
- 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.