guava
/ˈɡwɑːvə/noun
guava is spelled G-U-A-V-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guava means “A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guava is guavas.
How many letters and syllables are in guava?
| Letters | 5: G-U-A-V-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is guava?
Guava appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce guava?
- US /ˈɡwɑːvə/
Guava has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-guava.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with guava?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as guava from its last stressed vowel (/ɑvə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of guava
- guavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guava mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- 2
Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.
- 3
A medium reddish-pink color, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Guava in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | goyavier , goyave |
| German | Guave, Guavenbaum |
| Portuguese | goiabeira , goiaba |
| Spanish | guayabo , guayaba |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does guava come from?
Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).