Guizhou

/(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/

//(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ// name

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"guizhou" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Guizhou” is uncommon English (frequency #59,430 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,430
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.

Corpus desk

Index EN-guizhou · Guizhou · English

Guizhou · rank #59,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,430
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guinevere

Nearest frequency peer: Guinevere (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Guizhou”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Guizhou” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guizhou
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuizhou
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Guizhou” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Guizhoulands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Guinevere” (#59,429), “gynaecologist” (#59,432), “Grimaldi” (#59,427). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guizhou is uncommon English at frequency #59,430 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Guizhou, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu). The correct English form is Guizhou, spelled G-U-I-Z-H-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Guizhou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie.
  2. Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu).

This word in other languages

Guizhou(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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guizhou"?
"Guizhou" is spelled G-U-I-Z-H-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is /(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/.
What does "Guizhou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guizhou" means: A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
How do you pronounce "Guizhou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guizhou" is /(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Guizhou"?
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guizhou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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