Paraguay
\pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ\
The verdict
“Paraguay” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,621 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #19,621
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays d’Amérique du Sud, entouré par le Brésil, la Bolivie et l’Argentine. Sa capitale est Asunción.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paraguay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paraguay” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Paraguay is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,621 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paraguay, with forms such as "apraguay", "paarguay", and "paragauy". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Paraguay, spelled P-A-R-A-G-U-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Pays d’Amérique du Sud, entouré par le Brésil, la Bolivie et l’Argentine. Sa capitale est Asunción.
- 2Fleuve d’Amérique du Sud, passant par Asunción, qui donne son nom au pays.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apraguay,paarguay,paragauy,paragguay,paraguayy,paraguya,paraugay,pargauay,parraguay,pparaguay,praaguay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paraguay - 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.
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Using “Paraguay”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-A-G-U-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ\ (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.