guys

//ɡaɪz// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,690

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

guys is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de guy ('tipos'). Pronounced /ɡaɪz/. Often confused with gu and gas.

Key facts for guys
PropertyValue
Headwordguys
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡaɪz/
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,690
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guys is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡaɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,690 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 guy ('tipos').".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for guys, with forms such as "gguys", "gusy", and "guyss". 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, "gu", "gas", "gay", 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 guys, spelled G-U-Y-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 guy ('tipos').

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gguys,gusy,guyss,guyys,gyus,ugys

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guys

Misspelling Variants of "guys"

gguys5gusy4guyss5guyys5gyus4ugys4
Misspelling Variants of "guys"

Frequency rank: #32,690 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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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.