Guadalajara

name

The verdict

“Guadalajara” is an uncommon French word, ranked #51,505 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#51,505
frequency rank, French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune et ville d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.

Key facts for Guadalajara
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuadalajara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Guadalajara” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Guadalajara lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Guadalajara is 11 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #51,505 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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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Using “Guadalajara”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-A-D-A-L-A-J-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list