Guadeloupe

[ɡwaˈdlup]

/[ɡwaˈdlup]/ name

The verdict

“Guadeloupe” is uncommon German (frequency #79,263 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,263
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inselgruppe in der Karibik

Corpus desk

Index DE-guadeloupe · Guadeloupe · German

Guadeloupe · rank #79,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,263
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gängigsten

Nearest frequency peer: gängigsten (+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 „Guadeloupe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guadeloupe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuadeloupe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡwaˈdlup]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,263
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Guadeloupe“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Guadeloupefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gängigsten“ (#79,264), „gröbere“ (#79,261), „Hadith“ (#79,266). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Guadeloupe“ bei #79,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guadeloupe is uncommon German at frequency #79,263 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡwaˈdlup]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Guadeloupe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Guadeloupe, spelled G-U-A-D-E-L-O-U-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inselgruppe in der Karibik
  2. 2
    französisches Übersee-Gebiet, ein Überseedepartement und eine Région, Teil der Französischen Antillen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Geboren auf einer Karibikinsel irgendwo zwischen Puerto Rico und Guadeloupe, hatte er als uneheliches Kind eines verkrachten schottischen Adeligen zwar nur wenige Jahre die Inselschule besucht, sich dann aber zum Kontoristen einer Handelsfirma hochgearbeitet.“

This word in other languages

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 "Guadeloupe"?
"Guadeloupe" is spelled G-U-A-D-E-L-O-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡwaˈdlup].
What does "Guadeloupe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guadeloupe" means: Inselgruppe in der Karibik
How do you pronounce "Guadeloupe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guadeloupe" is [ɡwaˈdlup]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guadeloupe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list