Guinea
/ˈɡɪni/
"guinea" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Guinea” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,475 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #6,475
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guinea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɪni/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guinea” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Guinea is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɪni/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,475 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guinea, with forms such as "gguinea", "giunea", and "guiena". 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. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "guise", "gunna", "Gunner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese Guiné + -ia, which is of uncertain origin. The correct English form is Guinea, spelled G-U-I-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.
- 2A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
- 3Alternative letter-case form of guinea, an Italian.
Etymology
From Portuguese Guiné + -ia, which is of uncertain origin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gguinea,giunea,guiena,guinae,guinnea,guniea,uginea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guinea - 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 “Guinea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-U-I-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɪni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guise” - see the side-by-side comparison. Guinea vs guise
- 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.