Guadeloupe
\ɡwa.də.lup\
The verdict
“Guadeloupe” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,705
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit archipel des Petites Antilles (mer des Caraïbes), à environ 600 km au nord des côtes de l’Amérique du Sud, et 600 km à l’est de la République dominicaine. Devenue une région administrative de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guadeloupe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡwa.də.lup\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guadeloupe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Guadeloupe (IPA \ɡwa.də.lup\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,705 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit archipel des Petites Antilles (mer des Caraïbes), à environ 600 km au nord des côtes de l’Amérique du Sud, et 600 km à l’est de la République dominicaine. Devenue une région administrative de...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guadeloupe, with forms such as "gaudeloupe", "gguadeloupe", and "guaddeloupe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Guadeloupe, spelled G-U-A-D-E-L-O-U-P-E.
Definition
- 1Petit archipel des Petites Antilles (mer des Caraïbes), à environ 600 km au nord des côtes de l’Amérique du Sud, et 600 km à l’est de la République dominicaine. Devenue une région administrative de la République française, elle est identifiée par le code INSEE « 01 » dont l’unique département porte le numéro « 971 ».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gaudeloupe
- gguadeloupe
- guaddeloupe
- guadelloupe
- guadelopue
- guadelouep
- guadelouppe
- guadeluope
- guadeolupe
- guadleoupe
- guaedloupe
- gudaeloupe
- ugadeloupe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guadeloupe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Guadeloupe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-A-D-E-L-O-U-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡwa.də.lup\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.