Gouverneure

[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə]

/[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə]/ noun

The verdict

“Gouverneure” is uncommon German (frequency #67,280 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,280
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gouverneur

Corpus desk

Index DE-gouverneure · Gouverneure · German

Gouverneure · rank #67,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,280
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grabhügel

Nearest frequency peer: Grabhügel (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gouverneure“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gouverneure“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gouverneure
PropertyValue
HeadwordGouverneure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gouverneure“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gouverneurefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grabhügel“ (#67,281), „Granat“ (#67,282), „gleichsetzt“ (#67,277). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gouverneure“ bei #67,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gouverneure is uncommon German at frequency #67,280 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Gouverneure has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gouverneure, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gouverneur
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gouverneur
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gouverneur

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gouverneure"?
"Gouverneure" is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə].
What does "Gouverneure" mean?
As a noun, "Gouverneure" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gouverneur
How do you pronounce "Gouverneure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gouverneure" is [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gouverneure" come from?
"Gouverneure" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list