Guyana
[ɡuˈjaːna]
The verdict
“Guyana” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,314 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #65,314
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Staat in Südamerika
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guyana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɡuˈjaːna] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guyana” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Guyana is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡuˈjaːna]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,314 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Staat in Südamerika".
Guyana has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Guyana, spelled G-U-Y-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1ein Staat in Südamerika
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “Guyana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-U-Y-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡuˈjaːna] (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.