CGU

Name: CGU, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\se.ʒe.y\

/\se.ʒe.y\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“CGU” is uncommon French (frequency #66,576 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,576
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conditions générales d’utilisation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cgu · CGU · French

CGU · rank #66,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #66,576
LEN-MID 3 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH centurions

Nearest frequency peer: centurions (-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.

cassures

33,429
centurions

33,426
CGU

33,425
Chabal

33,424
Champeaux

33,423
chapelets

33,422

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CGU » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for CGU
Property	Value
Headword	CGU
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\se.ʒe.y\
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#66,576
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « CGU » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.CGUtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#66,576

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « centurions » (#66,575), « Chabal » (#66,577), « Champeaux » (#66,578). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « CGU » est au #66,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CGU is uncommon French at frequency #66,576 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ʒe.y\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conditions générales d’utilisation.".

No misspelling variants are generated for CGU in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is CGU, spelled C-G-U.

Definition

1
Conditions générales d’utilisation.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CGU"?

"CGU" is spelled C-G-U. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʒe.y\.

What does "CGU" mean?

As a noun, "CGU" means: Conditions générales d’utilisation.

How do you pronounce "CGU"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "CGU" is \se.ʒe.y\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "CGU" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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