Guantanamo
\ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\
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
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Province du sud-est de Cuba.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guantanamo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guantanamo” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Guantanamo (IPA \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,578 among 194,371 “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
- 1Province du sud-est de Cuba.
- 2Ville cubaine, chef-lieu de cette province.
- 3Base militaire des États-Unis située à Cuba, connue pour son camp de prisonniers.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “Guantanamo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-A-N-T-A-N-A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡwɑ̃.ta.na.mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.