guelra

/ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ/

//ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ// noun

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The verdict

“guelra” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos

Corpus desk

Index PT-guelra · guelra · Portuguese

guelra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for guelra
PropertyValue
Headwordguelra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guelra” sits in Portuguese frequency

guelra falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guelra is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos".

guelra has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is guelra, spelled G-U-E-L-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos

Synonyms

brânquia

This word in other languages

gill(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guelra"?
"guelra" is spelled G-U-E-L-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ/.
What does "guelra" mean?
As a noun, "guelra" means: órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos
How do you pronounce "guelra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guelra" is /ˈɡɛɫ.Rɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guelra" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list