cougourde
\ku.ɡuʁd\
The verdict
“cougourde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courge (le fruit).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cougourde · cougourde · French
cougourde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cougourde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ɡuʁd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cougourde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cougourde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ɡuʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Courge (le fruit).".
No misspelling variants are generated for cougourde in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cougourde, spelled C-O-U-G-O-U-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Courge (le fruit).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cougourde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À défaut de soleil garanti sous nos cieux, nous pouvons le trouver dans certains mots, comme ce mot cougourde qui nous vient de Provence.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.