Guatemala

\ɡwa.te.ma.la\

/\ɡwa.te.ma.la\/ name

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The verdict

“Guatemala” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,037
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays d’Amérique centrale, entouré par le Mexique, le Belize, la mer des Caraïbes, le Honduras, le Salvador et l’océan Pacifique ^([1]). Sa capitale est Guatemala.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guatemala · Guatemala · French

Guatemala · rank #19,037 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,037
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grises

Nearest frequency peer: grises (-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 « Guatemala »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Guatemala » 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 Guatemala
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuatemala
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡwa.te.ma.la\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,037
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Guatemala »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Guatemalase 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 « grises » (#19,036), « géométriques » (#19,038), « gourou » (#19,035). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guatemala » est au #19,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Guatemala (IPA \ɡwa.te.ma.la\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,037 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guatemala, with forms such as "gautemala", "gguatemala", and "guaetmala". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Guatemala, spelled G-U-A-T-E-M-A-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays d’Amérique centrale, entouré par le Mexique, le Belize, la mer des Caraïbes, le Honduras, le Salvador et l’océan Pacifique ^([1]). Sa capitale est Guatemala.
  2. 2
    Chaîne du Guatemala : Partie des Cordillères, entre les deux Amériques.
  3. 3
    Capitale de ce pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’il y a toujours parmi eux beaucoup de Mexicains, leur proportion est en baisse alors qu'augmente le nombre de migrants originaires du Honduras, du Salvador ou du Guatemala.
  2. Ayant examiné d’urgence la communication adressée au Président du Conseil de sécurité par le Gouvernement du Guatemala …

Synonyms

Guatemala la Nueva

This word in other languages

Guatemala(English)Guatemala(Español)Guatemala(Deutsch)Guatemala(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gautemala
  • gguatemala
  • guaetmala
  • guateamla
  • guatemaal
  • guatemalla
  • guatemlaa
  • guatemmala
  • guatmeala
  • guattemala
  • gutaemala
  • ugatemala

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guatemala - 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.

gautemala2gguatemala1guaetmala2guateamla2guatemaal2guatemalla1guatemlaa2guatemmala1
Edit distance from "Guatemala"

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 "Guatemala"?
"Guatemala" is spelled G-U-A-T-E-M-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡwa.te.ma.la\.
What does "Guatemala" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guatemala" means: Pays d’Amérique centrale, entouré par le Mexique, le Belize, la mer des Caraïbes, le Honduras, le Salvador et l’océan Pacifique ^([1]). Sa capitale est Guatemala.
What are common misspellings of "Guatemala"?
Common misspellings include "gautemala", "gguatemala", "guaetmala", "guateamla", "guatemaal". The correct spelling is "Guatemala".
How do you pronounce "Guatemala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guatemala" is \ɡwa.te.ma.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guatemala" come from?
"Guatemala" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

finissant12 variantsFerguson12 variantsfabuleuse12 variantsexcluant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list