guano
\ɡwa.no\
The verdict
“guano” is uncommon French (frequency #59,322 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,322
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amas de fiente d’oiseaux de mer ou de chauve-souris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guano · guano · French
guano · rank #59,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,322
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH greatest
Nearest frequency peer: greatest (-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 « guano »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- granulats
granulats
40,682 corpus weight
- graphics
graphics
40,681 corpus weight
- greatest
greatest
40,680 corpus weight
- guano
guano
40,679 corpus weight
- guillet
guillet
40,678 corpus weight
- Guyancourt
Guyancourt
40,677 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guano » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guano |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡwa.no\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guano » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guano is uncommon French at frequency #59,322 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡwa.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
guano has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is guano, spelled G-U-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Amas de fiente d’oiseaux de mer ou de chauve-souris.
- 2Cette substance employée comme engrais.
- 3Viande séchée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marjolin se tut, dans ce coin empesté par l’afflux des odeurs. C’était une rudesse alcaline de guano.
Seuls quelques milliers d’oiseaux y ont établi leur domicile […]. Le guano, largement fabriqué par ces nombreux habitants, donne l’illusion de la neige.
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.
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