guignol

\ɡi.ɲɔl\

/\ɡi.ɲɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“guignol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,336
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marionnette animée de l’intérieur par les doigts du marionnettiste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guignol · guignol · French

guignol · rank #21,336 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,336
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gui

Nearest frequency peer: gui (-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 « guignol »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « guignol » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guignol vs guignols
88% similar
guignol vs grignon
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guignol
PropertyValue
Headwordguignol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡi.ɲɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,336
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « guignol »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).guignolse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gui » (#21,335), « géographiquement » (#21,337), « géolocalisation » (#21,338). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guignol » est au #21,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around guignol (IPA \ɡi.ɲɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,336 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for guignol, with forms such as "gguignol", "giugnol", and "guginol". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "guignols", "grignon", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 guignol, spelled G-U-I-G-N-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marionnette animée de l’intérieur par les doigts du marionnettiste.
  2. 2
    Petit théâtre de marionnettes comique dont Guignol est le principal personnage.
  3. 3
    Logette posée sur la coulisse ou sur la scène et où le directeur et les acteurs peuvent se tenir.
  4. 4
    Pitre, clown.
  5. 5
    Spectacle vulgaire.
  6. 6
    Personne ridicule ou involontairement comique.
  7. 7
    Personne à qui l'on joue un tour, qui est dupée, dont on se moque.
  8. 8
    Cœur
  9. 9
    Triangle situé sur un plan horizontal, fixé à un mât par un de ses sommets, et qui permet de donner de la flèche vers l’avant aux haubans maintenant le haut du mât.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il avait l’air d’un guignol dans sa boîte, avec ses lunettes rondes et ses petits bras. Il ne lui manquait qu’un gourdin.
  2. 20 août 44 – On ne sort presque plus de chez soi : Paris est éteint et presque désert, à part les conciliabules de concierges et de commerçants qui disparaissent comme des guignols dans les embrasures dès que ça claque !

This word in other languages

puppet(English)títere(Español)fantoche(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguignol
  • giugnol
  • guginol
  • guiggnol
  • guignlo
  • guignnol
  • guignoll
  • guigonl
  • guingol
  • ugignol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guignol - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gguignol1giugnol2guginol2guiggnol1guignlo2guignnol1guignoll1guigonl2
Edit distance from "guignol"

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 "guignol"?
"guignol" is spelled G-U-I-G-N-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡi.ɲɔl\.
What does "guignol" mean?
As a noun, "guignol" means: Marionnette animée de l’intérieur par les doigts du marionnettiste.
What words are commonly confused with "guignol"?
"guignol" is commonly confused with "guignols", "grignon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guignol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guignol" is \ɡi.ɲɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guignol" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list