gua

noun

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The verdict

“gua” is uncommon French (frequency #64,490 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,490
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gua · gua · French

gua · rank #64,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,490
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grumes

Nearest frequency peer: grumes (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gua »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gua » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gua
PropertyValue
Headwordgua
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#64,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gua » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).guatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « grumes » (#64,488), « guetteurs » (#64,492), « gwenn » (#64,493). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gua » est au #64,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gua is uncommon French at frequency #64,490 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marché.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gua in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gua, spelled G-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Akua hɔlɩ gua sɔ ɛlɔ

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gua"?
"gua" is spelled G-U-A.
What does "gua" mean?
As a noun, "gua" means: Marché.
What language does "gua" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hoe#64,508hof#64,509imi#64,523eko#64,410

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list