Guitry
\ɡi.tʁi\
The verdict
“Guitry” is uncommon French (frequency #50,248 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,248
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guitry |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡi.tʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Guitry” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Guitry is uncommon French at frequency #50,248 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡi.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Guitry in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Guitry, spelled G-U-I-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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 “Guitry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-I-T-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡi.tʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.