Guam

[ɡu̯am]

/[ɡu̯am]/ name

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The verdict

“Guam” is an uncommon German word, ranked #75,734 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#75,734
frequency rank, German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Pazifik gelegene Insel, Territorium der USA

Key facts for Guam
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡu̯am]
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,734
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Guam” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Guam lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Guam is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡu̯am]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,734 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "im Pazifik gelegene Insel, Territorium der USA".

Zero misspellings are on record for Guam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Guam, spelled G-U-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Pazifik gelegene Insel, Territorium der USA

This word in other languages

Guam(English)Guam(Español)Guam(Français)

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 "Guam"?
"Guam" is spelled G-U-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡu̯am].
What does "Guam" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guam" means: im Pazifik gelegene Insel, Territorium der USA
How do you pronounce "Guam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guam" is [ɡu̯am]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guam" come from?
"Guam" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Guam”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-U-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡu̯am] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list