Guadalajara

[ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa]

/[ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa]/ name

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The verdict

“Guadalajara” is uncommon German (frequency #87,788 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,788
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der spanischen Autonomen Gemeinschaft Kastilien-La Mancha

Corpus desk

Index DE-guadalajara · Guadalajara · German

Guadalajara · rank #87,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,788
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutbürgerlich…

Nearest frequency peer: gutbürgerlichen (+1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Guadalajara“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Guadalajara“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guadalajara
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuadalajara
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,788
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Guadalajara“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Guadalajarafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gutbürgerlichen“ (#87,789), „grübelt“ (#87,786), „Gässchen“ (#87,790). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Guadalajara“ bei #87,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guadalajara is uncommon German at frequency #87,788 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Guadalajara, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Guadalajara, spelled G-U-A-D-A-L-A-J-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in der spanischen Autonomen Gemeinschaft Kastilien-La Mancha
  2. 2
    Provinz in der spanischen Autonomen Gemeinschaft Kastilien-La Mancha
  3. 3
    Hauptstadt des mexikanischen Bundesstaates Jalisco

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Guadalajara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In Spanien und Guadalajara geprägte Dublonen und halbe Dublonen fielen heraus, außerdem Golddollars und kleine goldene Halfdollarstücke, französische Zehn-Franc-Münzen, Golden Eagles und Half-Eagles, Ringdollars sowie in North Carolina und Georgia geprägte Dollarmünzen von zweiundzwanzig Karat.“
  2. „Er erfuhr, dass sie aus Guadalajara kam, Eddie getroffen hatte, als er dort als DEA-Agent gearbeitet hatte, und dass sie geheiratet hatten, kurz bevor er vor fünf Jahren wieder nach Mexiko zog, um der Policía Federal beizutreten.“

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guadalajara"?
"Guadalajara" is spelled G-U-A-D-A-L-A-J-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa].
What does "Guadalajara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guadalajara" means: Stadt in der spanischen Autonomen Gemeinschaft Kastilien-La Mancha
How do you pronounce "Guadalajara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guadalajara" is [ɡu̯adalaˈxaʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guadalajara" come from?
"Guadalajara" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Handelswege#87,796Helikoptern#87,815herausragen#87,821hochgestuft#87,841

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list