gouache
/ɡwɑːʃ/
"gouache" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gouache” is uncommon English (frequency #61,500 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,500
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gouache · gouache · English
gouache · rank #61,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,500
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grampa
Nearest frequency peer: grampa (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “gouache”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glitzy
glitzy
38,505 corpus weight
- glycolysis
glycolysis
38,504 corpus weight
- gnarled
gnarled
38,503 corpus weight
- gouache
gouache
38,501 corpus weight
- grampa
grampa
38,500 corpus weight
- griffon
griffon
38,498 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gouache” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouache |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡwɑːʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gouache” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gouache is uncommon English at frequency #61,500 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡwɑːʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gouache, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo. The correct English form is gouache, spelled G-O-U-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
- 2A painting made with this paint.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).