guisa
/ˈɡi.zɐ/
The verdict
“guisa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,640 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,640
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - maneira, modo, jeito
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guisa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡi.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guisa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guisa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,640 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡi.zɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "maneira, modo, jeito".
No misspelling variants are generated for guisa in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is guisa, spelled G-U-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1maneira, modo, jeito
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.
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Using “guisa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-I-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.