Guizhou

\ɡɥi.dʒo\

/\ɡɥi.dʒo\/ name

The verdict

“Guizhou” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Province de Chine.

Key facts for Guizhou
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuizhou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡɥi.dʒo\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Guizhou” sits in French frequency

Guizhou falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Guizhou is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɥi.dʒo\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Province de Chine.".

Guizhou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Guizhou, spelled G-U-I-Z-H-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Province de Chine.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guizhou"?
"Guizhou" is spelled G-U-I-Z-H-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɥi.dʒo\.
What does "Guizhou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guizhou" means: Province de Chine.
How do you pronounce "Guizhou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guizhou" is \ɡɥi.dʒo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guizhou" come from?
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Using “Guizhou”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-I-Z-H-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡɥi.dʒo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list