iguana
[iˈɣ̞wana]
The verdict
“iguana” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,685 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,685
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Iguana spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de lagartos nativos de las regiones tropicales de América y el Caribe, caracterizadas por una cresta dorsal, la presencia de grandes escamas tuberculares en...
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 | iguana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈɣ̞wana] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iguana” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for iguana is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈɣ̞wana]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,685 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Iguana spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de lagartos nativos de las regiones tropicales de América y el Caribe, caracterizadas por una cresta dorsal, la presencia de grandes escamas tuberculares en...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for iguana, with forms such as "giuana", "igauna", and "igguana". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Ivana", "iguanas", "igual", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is iguana, spelled I-G-U-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Iguana spp.) Cualquiera de dos especies de lagartos nativos de las regiones tropicales de América y el Caribe, caracterizadas por una cresta dorsal, la presencia de grandes escamas tuberculares en el cuello y una longitud que alcanza los dos metros.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: giuana,igauna,igguana,iguaan,iguanna,igunaa,iugana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iguana - 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 “iguana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-G-U-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iˈɣ̞wana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ivana” - see the side-by-side comparison. iguana vs Ivana
- 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.