guimauve

\ɡi.mov\

/\ɡi.mov\/ noun

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The verdict

“guimauve” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,869
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Malvacées, qui a la tige plus haute et les feuilles plus petites que les mauves ordinaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guimauve · guimauve · French

guimauve · rank #36,869 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,869
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH graphiquement

Nearest frequency peer: graphiquement (-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 « guimauve »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « guimauve » 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
Key facts for guimauve
PropertyValue
Headwordguimauve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡi.mov\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,869
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « guimauve »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).guimauvese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « graphiquement » (#36,868), « guyanais » (#36,870), « grammaticale » (#36,867). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guimauve » est au #36,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around guimauve (IPA \ɡi.mov\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,869 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for guimauve, with forms such as "gguimauve", "giumauve", and "guiamuve". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is guimauve, spelled G-U-I-M-A-U-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des Malvacées, qui a la tige plus haute et les feuilles plus petites que les mauves ordinaires.
  2. 2
    Plante de la famille des Malvacées, qui a la tige plus haute et les feuilles plus petites que les mauves ordinaires.
  3. 3
    Confiserie molle à base de sucre, de blanc d’œufs battus, d’extrait de guimauve (de nos jours remplacé par de la gélatine) et de gomme arabique.
  4. 4
    Ce qui est fade, douceâtre, sans expression.
  5. 5
    Chanson sentimentale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Près de la cheminée on voyait un fauteuil Voltaire et une petite table, avec un pot de tisane de guimauve et un verre ébréché.
  2. — Si on avait de la tisane… dit-elle. Alors, lui, prépara cette tisane avec des fleurs de guimauve. Madeleine la fit boire à l’enfant qui, d’ailleurs, venait de se taire subitement.

Synonyms

althéealthæaguimauve officinaleguimauve sauvagemauve blanche

This word in other languages

marshmallow(English)malvavisco(Español)Eibisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguimauve
  • giumauve
  • guiamuve
  • guimauev
  • guimauvve
  • guimavue
  • guimmauve
  • guimuave
  • gumiauve
  • ugimauve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guimauve - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gguimauve1giumauve2guiamuve2guimauev2guimauvve1guimavue2guimmauve1guimuave2
Edit distance from "guimauve"

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 "guimauve"?
"guimauve" is spelled G-U-I-M-A-U-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡi.mov\.
What does "guimauve" mean?
As a noun, "guimauve" means: Plante de la famille des Malvacées, qui a la tige plus haute et les feuilles plus petites que les mauves ordinaires.
What are common misspellings of "guimauve"?
Common misspellings include "gguimauve", "giumauve", "guiamuve", "guimauev", "guimauvve". The correct spelling is "guimauve".
How do you pronounce "guimauve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guimauve" is \ɡi.mov\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guimauve" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guyanais#36,870hautaine#36,879franchis#36,854holstein#36,884

Similar misspelling depth

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

gasquet10 variantsfoutaise10 variantsfournée10 variantsfougère10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list