guan
\ɡwɑ̃\
The verdict
“guan” is uncommon French (frequency #61,582 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,582
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme désuet de pénélope, qui fut employé principalement au XVIIIème siècle, et en particulier pour désigner la pénélope panachée (Penelope purpurascens).
Corpus desk
Index FR-guan · guan · French
guan · rank #61,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,582
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grêlons
Nearest frequency peer: grêlons (-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 « guan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- groovy
groovy
38,422 corpus weight
- GRS
GRS
38,421 corpus weight
- grêlons
grêlons
38,420 corpus weight
- guan
guan
38,419 corpus weight
- gunner
gunner
38,418 corpus weight
- guérira
guérira
38,417 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡwɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guan is uncommon French at frequency #61,582 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡwɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme désuet de pénélope, qui fut employé principalement au XVIIIème siècle, et en particulier pour désigner la pénélope panachée (Penelope purpurascens).".
No misspelling variants are generated for guan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is guan, spelled G-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme désuet de pénélope, qui fut employé principalement au XVIIIème siècle, et en particulier pour désigner la pénélope panachée (Penelope purpurascens).
Synonyms
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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