gusanos

/[guˈsanos]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

gusanos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de gusano. Pronounced [guˈsanos]. Often confused with gustos and granos.

Key facts for gusanos
PropertyValue
Headwordgusanos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[guˈsanos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,109
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gusanos is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [guˈsanos]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,109 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 gusano.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for gusanos, with forms such as "ggusanos", "gsuanos", and "guasnos". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "gustos", "granos", "gusano", 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 gusanos, spelled G-U-S-A-N-O-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 gusano.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggusanos,gsuanos,guasnos,gusannos,gusanoss,gusanso,gusaons,gusnaos,gussanos,ugsanos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gusanos

Misspelling Variants of "gusanos"

ggusanos8gsuanos7guasnos7gusannos8gusanoss8gusanso7gusaons7gusnaos7
Misspelling Variants of "gusanos"

Frequency rank: #15,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gusanos"?
"gusanos" is spelled G-U-S-A-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [guˈsanos].
What does "gusanos" mean?
As a noun, "gusanos" means: Forma del plural de gusano.
What words are commonly confused with "gusanos"?
"gusanos" is commonly confused with "gustos", "granos", "gusano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gusanos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gusanos" is [guˈsanos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gusanos" come from?
"gusanos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.