Guernica
The verdict
“Guernica” is uncommon French (frequency #71,562 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,562
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de Biscaye, au Pays basque espagnol, siège d’un fuero.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guernica · Guernica · French
Guernica · rank #71,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,562
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guelfes
Nearest frequency peer: guelfes (-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 « Guernica »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grossièretés
grossièretés
28,442 corpus weight
- grou
grou
28,441 corpus weight
- guelfes
guelfes
28,440 corpus weight
- Guernica
Guernica
28,439 corpus weight
- gueuse
gueuse
28,438 corpus weight
- Guilbault
Guilbault
28,437 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Guernica » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Guernica » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Guernica is uncommon French at frequency #71,562 among 2,617 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Guernica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les deux ans encore, sous le chêne séculaire de Guernica, dans le Guipuzcoa, les délégués des communes se réunissent pour nommer les autorités et délibérer sur les intérêts publics ; c’est cette réunion qui avait lieu il y a quelques jours, et qui présentait ce spectacle curieux d’un petit peuple se gouvernant le plus démocratiquement du monde sans r…
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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