Guyane française

\ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\

/\ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\/ name

The verdict

“Guyane française” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom utilisé pour désigner la Guyane, le département français d’outre-mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guyane-francaise · Guyane française · French

Guyane française · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Guyane française
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuyane française
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Guyane française » en français

Guyane françaisereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Guyane française is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom utilisé pour désigner la Guyane, le département français d’outre-mer.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Guyane française in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Guyane française, spelled G-U-Y-A-N-E- -F-R-A-N-Ç-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre nom utilisé pour désigner la Guyane, le département français d’outre-mer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les 11 000 morts de l'expédition de Kourou de 1763 ont à jamais marqué la réputation de la Guyane française à une époque où, sous le nom de « France Équinoxiale », le duc de Choiseul voulait faire de cette colonie un nouveau Canada […].
  2. La Guyane française fait certes partie intégrante de la France et de l’Europe, mais, sur le plan religieux, les Guyanais rejoignent la manière de croire des peuples caribéens et sud-américains.

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 "Guyane française"?
"Guyane française" is spelled G-U-Y-A-N-E- -F-R-A-N-Ç-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\.
What does "Guyane française" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guyane française" means: Autre nom utilisé pour désigner la Guyane, le département français d’outre-mer.
How do you pronounce "Guyane française"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guyane française" is \ɡɥi.jan fʁɑ̃.sɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guyane française" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list