Guantanamo

\ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\

/\ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\/ name

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The verdict

“Guantanamo” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,578
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province du sud-est de Cuba.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guantanamo · Guantanamo · French

Guantanamo · rank #28,578 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,578
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH groove

Nearest frequency peer: groove (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Guantanamo »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Guantanamo » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guantanamo
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuantanamo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,578
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Guantanamo »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Guantanamose place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « groove » (#28,577), « guinéen » (#28,579), « greffer » (#28,576). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guantanamo » est au #28,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Guantanamo (IPA \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,578 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guantanamo, with forms such as "gauntanamo", "gguantanamo", and "guanatnamo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Guantanamo, spelled G-U-A-N-T-A-N-A-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Province du sud-est de Cuba.
  2. 2
    Ville cubaine, chef-lieu de cette province.
  3. 3
    Base militaire des États-Unis située à Cuba, connue pour son camp de prisonniers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Guantanamo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le ministre irlandais de la Justice Dermot Ahern a annoncé mercredi que son pays allait accueillir deux anciens détenus de Guantanamo qui vont bientôt être libérés du camp de détention américain à Cuba.
  2. Les gendarmes démenottent Patrick, 32 ans, un grand échalas, en coupe-vent orange Guantanamo, qui coule un clin d’œil goguenard à sa famille, au fond de la salle.

This word in other languages

Guantanamo(English)Guantánamo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gauntanamo
  • gguantanamo
  • guanatnamo
  • guanntanamo
  • guantaanmo
  • guantanammo
  • guantanaom
  • guantanmao
  • guantannamo
  • guantnaamo
  • guanttanamo
  • guatnanamo
  • gunatanamo
  • ugantanamo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guantanamo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gauntanamo2gguantanamo1guanatnamo2guanntanamo1guantaanmo2guantanammo1guantanaom2guantanmao2
Edit distance from "Guantanamo"

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 "Guantanamo"?
"Guantanamo" is spelled G-U-A-N-T-A-N-A-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\.
What does "Guantanamo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guantanamo" means: Province du sud-est de Cuba.
What are common misspellings of "Guantanamo"?
Common misspellings include "gauntanamo", "gguantanamo", "guanatnamo", "guanntanamo", "guantaanmo". The correct spelling is "Guantanamo".
How do you pronounce "Guantanamo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guantanamo" is \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guantanamo" come from?
"Guantanamo" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guantanamo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

humblement#28,592fatalement#28,554fantaisies#28,552ethnologie#28,545

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Géraldine14 variantsfournissait14 variantshumanités14 variantsimportées14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list