guppy
\ɡy.pi\
The verdict
“guppy” is uncommon French (frequency #89,776 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,776
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit poisson osseux d’eau douce, originaire d’Amérique du Sud, introduit dans de nombreux pays pour lutter contre les moustiques et élevé en aquarium.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guppy · guppy · French
guppy · rank #89,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,776
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guili
Nearest frequency peer: guili (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « guppy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grésillement
grésillement
10,229 corpus weight
- Guennadi
Guennadi
10,227 corpus weight
- guili
guili
10,226 corpus weight
- guppy
guppy
10,225 corpus weight
- gémissait
gémissait
10,224 corpus weight
- habillais
habillais
10,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guppy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guppy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡy.pi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guppy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guppy is uncommon French at frequency #89,776 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡy.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de petit poisson osseux d’eau douce, originaire d’Amérique du Sud, introduit dans de nombreux pays pour lutter contre les moustiques et élevé en aquarium.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guppy, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is guppy, spelled G-U-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Espèce de petit poisson osseux d’eau douce, originaire d’Amérique du Sud, introduit dans de nombreux pays pour lutter contre les moustiques et élevé en aquarium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guppy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la nature, on trouve les guppys dans de petites rivières du nord-est de l’Amérique du Sud et, non loin de là, dans de nombreuses rivières de montagne de l’île de la Trinité.
Synonyms
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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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