Guadalajara

name

The verdict

“Guadalajara” is uncommon French (frequency #51,505 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,505
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guadalajara · Guadalajara · French

Guadalajara · rank #51,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,505
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guenièvre

Nearest frequency peer: Guenièvre (+1 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 « Guadalajara »

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 « Guadalajara » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guadalajara
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuadalajara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Guadalajara » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Guadalajaratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Guenièvre » (#51,506), « grazia » (#51,503), « gâchent » (#51,507). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guadalajara » est au #51,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guadalajara is uncommon French at frequency #51,505 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Guadalajara in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Guadalajara, spelled G-U-A-D-A-L-A-J-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
  2. 2
    Province d’Espagne située dans la communauté autonome de Castille-La Manche.
  3. 3
    Ville du Mexique, capitale de l’État de Jalisco.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Guadalajara est la deuxième ville du Mexique après Mexico, avec une population de plus de 4 millions d’habitants.
  2. Marie Bouzkova a bénéficié de l’abandon d’Anna Kalinskaya (5-2 ab.) lors des quarts de finale du tournoi de Guadalajara (WTA).

This word in other languages

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 "Guadalajara"?
"Guadalajara" is spelled G-U-A-D-A-L-A-J-A-R-A.
What does "Guadalajara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guadalajara" means: Commune et ville d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
What language does "Guadalajara" come from?
"Guadalajara" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list