Géocoucou

\ʒe.o.ku.ku\

/\ʒe.o.ku.ku\/ noun

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The verdict

“Géocoucou” 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 May 6, 2026) - Sous-famille d’oiseaux coureurs de famille des Cuculidae.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geocoucou · Géocoucou · French

Géocoucou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for Géocoucou
PropertyValue
HeadwordGéocoucou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.o.ku.ku\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Géocoucou” sits in French frequency

Géocoucou falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Géocoucou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.o.ku.ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sous-famille d’oiseaux coureurs de famille des Cuculidae.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Géocoucou, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Géocoucou, spelled G-É-O-C-O-U-C-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-famille d’oiseaux coureurs de famille des Cuculidae.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Géocoucou"?
"Géocoucou" is spelled G-É-O-C-O-U-C-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.o.ku.ku\.
What does "Géocoucou" mean?
As a noun, "Géocoucou" means: Sous-famille d’oiseaux coureurs de famille des Cuculidae.
How do you pronounce "Géocoucou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Géocoucou" is \ʒe.o.ku.ku\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Géocoucou" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list