guarita

/ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ/

//ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“guarita” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,027
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena construção simples para dar abrigo a sentinelas

Corpus desk

Index PT-guarita · guarita · Portuguese

guarita · rank #42,027 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,027
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gorjeta

Nearest frequency peer: gorjeta (-2 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 rank junto ao íman ortográfico “guarita”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “guarita” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guarita vs guria
71% similar
guarita vs guaraná
57% similar
guarita vs guarida
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guarita
PropertyValue
Headwordguarita
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,027
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “guarita”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.guaritacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “gorjeta” (#42,025), “haverão” (#42,031), “futilidade” (#42,020). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “guarita” fica em #42,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around guarita (IPA /ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,027 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for guarita, with forms such as "gaurita", "gguarita", and "guairta". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "guria", "guaraná", "guarida", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is guarita, spelled G-U-A-R-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequena construção simples para dar abrigo a sentinelas
  2. 2
    pequena torre em fortalezas ou castelos e/ou resguardo para sentinelas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gaurita
  • gguarita
  • guairta
  • guariat
  • guaritta
  • guarrita
  • guartia
  • guraita
  • ugarita

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guarita - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gaurita2gguarita1guairta2guariat2guaritta1guarrita1guartia2guraita2
Edit distance from "guarita"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guarita"?
"guarita" is spelled G-U-A-R-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ/.
What does "guarita" mean?
As a noun, "guarita" means: pequena construção simples para dar abrigo a sentinelas
What words are commonly confused with "guarita"?
"guarita" is commonly confused with "guria", "guaraná", "guarida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guarita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guarita" is /ɡwɐ.ˈɾi.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guarita" come from?
"guarita" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guarita", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list