garlouche
\ɡaʁ.luʃ\
The verdict
“garlouche” 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) - Appareil génital masculin externe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garlouche · garlouche · French
garlouche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | garlouche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.luʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
garlouche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.luʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil génital masculin externe.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for garlouche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is garlouche, spelled G-A-R-L-O-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil génital masculin externe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how garlouche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la campagne, et peut-être aussi chez le peuple des villes, on entend souvent nommer garlouche, ou guidoune, le pénis et le scrotum, c’est-à-dire l’ensemble de l’appareil génital. Les parents crieront au petit : « Veux-tu bien cacher ta garlouche! »
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.