Guayaquil

\ɡwa.ja.kil\

/\ɡwa.ja.kil\/ name

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The verdict

“Guayaquil” is uncommon French (frequency #74,845 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,845
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première ville, port et capitale économique de l’Équateur, fondé en 1537 par Francisco de Orellana.

Key facts for Guayaquil
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuayaquil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡwa.ja.kil\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Guayaquil” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Guayaquil lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Guayaquil is uncommon French at frequency #74,845 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡwa.ja.kil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première ville, port et capitale économique de l’Équateur, fondé en 1537 par Francisco de Orellana.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Guayaquil, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Guayaquil, spelled G-U-A-Y-A-Q-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première ville, port et capitale économique de l’Équateur, fondé en 1537 par Francisco de Orellana.

This word in other languages

Guayaquil(Español)

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 "Guayaquil"?
"Guayaquil" is spelled G-U-A-Y-A-Q-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡwa.ja.kil\.
What does "Guayaquil" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guayaquil" means: Première ville, port et capitale économique de l’Équateur, fondé en 1537 par Francisco de Orellana.
How do you pronounce "Guayaquil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guayaquil" is \ɡwa.ja.kil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guayaquil" come from?
"Guayaquil" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Guayaquil”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-A-Y-A-Q-U-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡwa.ja.kil\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list