Guma
"guma" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Guma” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Pishan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-guma · Guma · English
Guma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Guma” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Guma is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Guma, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Uyghur گۇما (guma). The correct English form is Guma, spelled G-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Pishan.
- 2A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Guma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Guma County, on the foothills of the Kunlun, in the locality of Kulan-Aryk, Sanju, etc., are between 300 and 350 persons affiliated to the Naiman, Teyit, Kesek, Boston and other groups .
This is an original characteristic of the Turkic languages which has disappeared from the other dialects of modern Uygur, but it has been partly retained by the Lobnor dialect and the Hotan dialect spoken in the County of Guma.
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur گۇما (guma).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.