guenon

\ɡə.nɔ̃\

/\ɡə.nɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“guenon” is uncommon French (frequency #54,620 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,620
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cercopithèque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guenon · guenon · French

guenon · rank #54,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,620
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guardia

Nearest frequency peer: guardia (-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 « guenon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guenon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guenon
PropertyValue
Headwordguenon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡə.nɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,620
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guenon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.guenontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « guardia » (#54,619), « gueulant » (#54,621), « guacamole » (#54,618). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guenon » est au #54,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guenon is uncommon French at frequency #54,620 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡə.nɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

guenon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is guenon, spelled G-U-E-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cercopithèque.
  2. 2
    Femelle d’un singe.
  3. 3
    Femme très laide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une petite guenon.
  2. Un groupe d’enfants jouaient avec la guenon apprivoisée d’un Flamand efféminé, un habitant de l’impasse qui se faisait appeler Fifi, et qui ne portait que des chemises en pagne et des boubous africains. — (Gaël Faye, Petit Pays, Grasset, 2016, pages 108–109)

Synonyms

singesse

This word in other languages

apess(English)mona(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 "guenon"?
"guenon" is spelled G-U-E-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡə.nɔ̃\.
What does "guenon" mean?
As a noun, "guenon" means: Cercopithèque.
How do you pronounce "guenon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guenon" is \ɡə.nɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guenon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list