Guillaume
"guillaume" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Guillaume” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #32,020 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #32,020
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from French.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guillaume |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guillaume” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Guillaume is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #32,020 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A male given name from French.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guillaume, with forms such as "gguillaume", "giullaume", and "guilalume". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French. Doublet of Guillermo, William, and Wilhelm, etc. The correct English form is Guillaume, spelled G-U-I-L-L-A-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1A male given name from French.
Etymology
From French. Doublet of Guillermo, William, and Wilhelm, etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gguillaume,giullaume,guilalume,guilaume,guillamue,guillauem,guillaumme,guilluame,gulilaume,ugillaume
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guillaume - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Guillaume”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-U-I-L-L-A-U-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.