gusto

/[ˈgust̪o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#914

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gusto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Uno de los cinco sentidos por los que los seres vivos perciben su entorno. Es este caso mediante el sabor, a través de las papilas gustativas. Pronounced [ˈgust̪o]. It ranks #914 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gustos and Gus.

Key facts for gusto
PropertyValue
Headwordgusto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgust̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#914
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gusto is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgust̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #914 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for gusto, with forms such as "ggusto", "gsuto", and "gusot". 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, "gustos", "Gus", "gato", 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 gusto, spelled G-U-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los cinco sentidos por los que los seres vivos perciben su entorno. Es este caso mediante el sabor, a través de las papilas gustativas.
  2. 2
    Sensación que produce algo en las papilas gustativas.
  3. 3
    Percepción o emoción agradable, de placer o deleite.
  4. 4
    Voluntad de una persona; disposición.
  5. 5
    Facultad para discernir o establecer qué es estético o bello y qué no.
  6. 6
    Modo que tiene cada persona para apreciar las cosas.
  7. 7
    Conjunto de preferencias, en particular artísticas o estéticas, de una sociedad, cultura, grupo o época.
  8. 8
    Cualidad que hace a algo bello, elegante o estético.
  9. 9
    Acción, decisión u objeto tomados solamente porque causan placer en un momento dado.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggusto,gsuto,gusot,gussto,gustto,gutso,ugsto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gusto

Misspelling Variants of "gusto"

ggusto6gsuto5gusot5gussto6gustto6gutso5ugsto5
Misspelling Variants of "gusto"

Frequency rank: #914 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gusto"?
"gusto" is spelled G-U-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgust̪o].
What does "gusto" mean?
As a noun, "gusto" means: Uno de los cinco sentidos por los que los seres vivos perciben su entorno. Es este caso mediante el sabor, a través de las papilas gustativas.
What words are commonly confused with "gusto"?
"gusto" is commonly confused with "gustos", "Gus", "gato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gusto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gusto" is [ˈgust̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gusto" come from?
"gusto" 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.