gourmand
[ɡuʁ.mɑ̃]
The verdict
“gourmand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gefräßig
Corpus desk
Index DE-gourmand · gourmand · German
gourmand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gourmand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡuʁ.mɑ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gourmand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gourmand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡuʁ.mɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gefräßig".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gourmand in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gourmand, spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1gefräßig
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.