guna
/ˈɡʊnə/
"guna" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“guna” is uncommon English (frequency #63,663 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,663
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, u, by prefixing an a element.
Corpus desk
Index EN-guna · guna · English
guna · rank #63,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,663
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gulps
Nearest frequency peer: gulps (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “guna”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- grice
grice
36,342 corpus weight
- grievously
grievously
36,341 corpus weight
- gulps
gulps
36,339 corpus weight
- guna
guna
36,338 corpus weight
- gunplay
gunplay
36,337 corpus weight
- H5N1
H5N1
36,335 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “guna” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guna |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʊnə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “guna” in English
Rare enough to double-check
guna is uncommon English at frequency #63,663 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡʊnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guna, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: From Sanskrit गुण (guṇá, “quality”). The correct English form is guna, spelled G-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, u, by prefixing an a element.
- 2In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prakṛti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.
Etymology
From Sanskrit गुण (guṇá, “quality”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).