Gouverneurin

[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn]

/[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gouverneurin” is uncommon German (frequency #85,317 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,317
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Statthalterin, oberste Beamte eines Gouvernements, einer Kolonie

Corpus desk

Index DE-gouverneurin · Gouverneurin · German

Gouverneurin · rank #85,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,317
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gottvertrauen

Nearest frequency peer: Gottvertrauen (-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 „Gouverneurin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gouverneurin
PropertyValue
HeadwordGouverneurin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gouverneurin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gouverneurinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gottvertrauen“ (#85,316), „Grabrede“ (#85,318), „gottverdammten“ (#85,315). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gouverneurin“ bei #85,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gouverneurin is uncommon German at frequency #85,317 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Statthalterin, oberste Beamte eines Gouvernements, einer Kolonie".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gouverneurin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Gouverneurin, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Statthalterin, oberste Beamte eines Gouvernements, einer Kolonie

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sarah Palin war von 2006 bis 2009 Gouverneurin des US-Bundesstaats Alaska.
  2. Pratibha Patil war von 2004 bis 2007 Gouverneurin des indischen Bundesstaats Rajasthan.

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 "Gouverneurin"?
"Gouverneurin" is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn].
What does "Gouverneurin" mean?
As a noun, "Gouverneurin" means: Statthalterin, oberste Beamte eines Gouvernements, einer Kolonie
How do you pronounce "Gouverneurin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gouverneurin" is [ɡuvɛʁˈnøːʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gouverneurin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list