juanete
[xwaˈnet̪e]
The verdict
“juanete” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sobrenombre del mastelero, de la verga y de la vela que van sobre los de las gavias. Ademas, las tres cosas toman también el título del palo a que pertenecen; y la verga o vela del de sobremesana s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juanete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xwaˈnet̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “juanete” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
juanete is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [xwaˈnet̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for juanete in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 juanete, spelled J-U-A-N-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sobrenombre del mastelero, de la verga y de la vela que van sobre los de las gavias. Ademas, las tres cosas toman también el título del palo a que pertenecen; y la verga o vela del de sobremesana se llama peculiarmente perico o periquito.
- 2Hueso del nacimiento del dedo grueso del pie, cuando sobresale demasiado.
- 3Sobrehueso que se forma en la cara inferior del tejuelo o hueso que tienen dentro del casco las caballerías.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “juanete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-U-A-N-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xwaˈnet̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.