Guingamp
\ɡɛ̃.ɡɑ̃\
The verdict
“Guingamp” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,635
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guingamp · Guingamp · French
Guingamp · rank #16,635 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,635
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH guet
Nearest frequency peer: guet (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Guingamp”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- goûte
goûte
83,369 corpus weight
- grue
grue
83,368 corpus weight
- guet
guet
83,367 corpus weight
- Guingamp
Guingamp
83,366 corpus weight
- généralistes
généralistes
83,365 corpus weight
- Harley
Harley
83,364 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Guingamp” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guingamp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɛ̃.ɡɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guingamp” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Guingamp (IPA \ɡɛ̃.ɡɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,635 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guingamp, with forms such as "gguingamp", "giungamp", and "guignamp". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Guingamp, spelled G-U-I-N-G-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Guingamp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, à Guingamp, les journaux ne sont pas encore arrivés ; à Saint-Brieuc ils sont bien arrivés : seulement il n’en reste plus un numéro à la marchande ; le Briochins l’ont dépouillée avant nous.
Il profite de sa carte de police pour contrôler l’identité de plusieurs suspects fraîchement débarqués à Guingamp, dont un Quinocéen, un sujet italien, un Espagnol, etc. Persuadé qu’il a affaire à des individus au service de la Gestapo, il avertit le lieutenant Louis Piriou, chef de maquis de Plouisy.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gguingamp
- giungamp
- guignamp
- guinagmp
- guingammp
- guingampp
- guingapm
- guinggamp
- guingmap
- guinngamp
- gunigamp
- ugingamp
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guingamp - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guingamp", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.