gusano
[guˈsano]
The verdict
“gusano” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,108 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,108
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquier animal invertebrado y ápodo, de forma tubular o aplanada pero siempre alargada, sea ésta su forma adulta —como en los anélidos, nematodos y platelmintos— o una fase previa —como en las la...
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 | gusano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [guˈsano] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gusano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for gusano is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [guˈsano]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,108 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gusano, with forms such as "ggusano", "gsuano", and "guasno". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gusto", "gustan", "Guyana", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gusano, spelled G-U-S-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Cualquier animal invertebrado y ápodo, de forma tubular o aplanada pero siempre alargada, sea ésta su forma adulta —como en los anélidos, nematodos y platelmintos— o una fase previa —como en las larvas de muchos insectos—.
- 2(Lumbricidae) Lombriz de tierra.
- 3Persona despreciable o rastrera.
- 4Programa diseñado para replicarse copiando ilegalmente su código a otros nodos en una red de computadoras, provocando daños simplemente por la saturación de tráfico con independencia de otras acciones que pueda realizar.
- 5Persona que tiene una postura u opinión política contraria a los intereses de la Revolución Cubana y que se ha expresado mediante obras o palabras en contra de ésta, de sus instituciones o dirigentes. Con frecuencia se emplea el término para referirse a quienes por diversas causas han abandonado definitivamente el país.^([cita requerida])
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggusano,gsuano,guasno,gusanno,gusaon,gusnao,gussano,ugsano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gusano - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gusano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-S-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [guˈsano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gusto” - see the side-by-side comparison. gusano vs gusto
- 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.