Guernica
The verdict
“Guernica” is uncommon French (frequency #71,562 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,562
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune de Biscaye, au Pays basque espagnol, siège d’un fuero.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guernica |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guernica” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Guernica is uncommon French at frequency #71,562 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Guernica, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Guernica, spelled G-U-E-R-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Commune de Biscaye, au Pays basque espagnol, siège d’un fuero.
- 2Tableau moderniste de Pablo Picasso représentant un épisode sanglant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
This word in other languages
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 “Guernica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-E-R-N-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.