Guatemala

/gwa.te.'ma.lə/

//gwa.te.'ma.lə// noun

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The verdict

“Guatemala” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,646
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país da América Central, faz fronteira com o México, Belize, Honduras e El Salvador; sua capital é a Cidade da Guatemala

Corpus desk

Index PT-guatemala · Guatemala · Portuguese

Guatemala · rank #7,646 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,646
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelado

Nearest frequency peer: gelado (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Guatemala”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “Guatemala” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Guatemala
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuatemala
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/gwa.te.'ma.lə/
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,646
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Guatemala”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Guatemalacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “gelado” (#7,645), “gasto” (#7,644), “impor” (#7,649). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “Guatemala” fica em #7,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Guatemala (IPA /gwa.te.'ma.lə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,646 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "país da América Central, faz fronteira com o México, Belize, Honduras e El Salvador; sua capital é a Cidade da Guatemala".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guatemala, with forms such as "gautemala", "gguatemala", and "guaetmala". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Guatemala, spelled G-U-A-T-E-M-A-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    país da América Central, faz fronteira com o México, Belize, Honduras e El Salvador; sua capital é a Cidade da Guatemala

This word in other languages

Guatemala(English)Guatemala(Español)Guatemala(Français)Guatemala(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gautemala
  • gguatemala
  • guaetmala
  • guateamla
  • guatemaal
  • guatemalla
  • guatemlaa
  • guatemmala
  • guatmeala
  • guattemala
  • gutaemala
  • ugatemala

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guatemala - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gautemala2gguatemala1guaetmala2guateamla2guatemaal2guatemalla1guatemlaa2guatemmala1
Edit distance from "Guatemala"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Guatemala"?
"Guatemala" is spelled G-U-A-T-E-M-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /gwa.te.'ma.lə/.
What does "Guatemala" mean?
As a noun, "Guatemala" means: país da América Central, faz fronteira com o México, Belize, Honduras e El Salvador; sua capital é a Cidade da Guatemala
What are common misspellings of "Guatemala"?
Common misspellings include "gautemala", "gguatemala", "guaetmala", "guateamla", "guatemaal". The correct spelling is "Guatemala".
How do you pronounce "Guatemala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guatemala" is /gwa.te.'ma.lə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guatemala" come from?
"Guatemala" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Guatemala", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

catedral12 variantsBenjamin12 variantssingular12 variantstenhamos12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list