gusta
[ˈgust̪a]
The verdict
“gusta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #266
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gustar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gusta · gusta · Spanish
gusta · rank #266 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #266
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH favor
Nearest frequency peer: favor (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “gusta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dar
dar
99,738 corpus weight
- embargo
embargo
99,737 corpus weight
- favor
favor
99,736 corpus weight
- gusta
gusta
99,735 corpus weight
- importante
importante
99,734 corpus weight
- información
información
99,733 corpus weight
What this shows “gusta” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | gusta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈgust̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “gusta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gusta (IPA [ˈgust̪a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #266 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gusta, with forms such as "ggusta", "gsuta", and "gusat". 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, "gusto", "gustan", "gustos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is gusta, spelled G-U-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de gustar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de gustar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggusta
- gsuta
- gusat
- gussta
- gustta
- gutsa
- ugsta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gusta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gusta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).