Gourley
"gourley" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gourley” is uncommon English (frequency #86,319 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,319
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gourley · Gourley · English
Gourley · rank #86,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,319
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grenadine
Nearest frequency peer: grenadine (+5 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 “Gourley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Glenville
Glenville
13,690 corpus weight
- glug
glug
13,689 corpus weight
- glute
glute
13,688 corpus weight
- Gourley
Gourley
13,682 corpus weight
- grenadine
grenadine
13,677 corpus weight
- grippy
grippy
13,676 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gourley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gourley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gourley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gourley is uncommon English at frequency #86,319 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gourley in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scottish surname of uncertain origin. The correct English form is Gourley, spelled G-O-U-R-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Scottish surname of uncertain origin.
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).