Guangdong
\ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“Guangdong” is uncommon French (frequency #56,004 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,004
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Province de la République populaire de Chine dont le chef-lieu est Canton (Guangzhou), la province la plus riche et l’une des plus peuplées en Chine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guangdong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guangdong” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Guangdong is uncommon French at frequency #56,004 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Province de la République populaire de Chine dont le chef-lieu est Canton (Guangzhou), la province la plus riche et l’une des plus peuplées en Chine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Guangdong in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Guangdong, spelled G-U-A-N-G-D-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Province de la République populaire de Chine dont le chef-lieu est Canton (Guangzhou), la province la plus riche et l’une des plus peuplées en Chine.
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 “Guangdong”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-A-N-G-D-O-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ\ (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.