Gomorrhe

name

The verdict

“Gomorrhe” is uncommon French (frequency #59,317 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,317
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville détruite au temps d’Abraham par une « pluie de feu » venant de Dieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gomorrhe · Gomorrhe · French

Gomorrhe · rank #59,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,317
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glissantes

Nearest frequency peer: glissantes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Gomorrhe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gomorrhe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGomorrhe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Gomorrhe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gomorrhetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « glissantes » (#59,316), « givré » (#59,315), « granulats » (#59,319). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gomorrhe » est au #59,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gomorrhe is uncommon French at frequency #59,317 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville détruite au temps d’Abraham par une « pluie de feu » venant de Dieu.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gomorrhe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Gomorrhe, spelled G-O-M-O-R-R-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville détruite au temps d’Abraham par une « pluie de feu » venant de Dieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Gomorrhe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et il aboutissait enfin, au crépuscule, à ce Paris Gomorrhe, à ce Paris Sodome, s’allumant pour la nuit, pour les abominations de cette nuit complice, dont la cendre fine, peu à peu, noyait l’océan des toitures.

This word in other languages

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 "Gomorrhe"?
"Gomorrhe" is spelled G-O-M-O-R-R-H-E.
What does "Gomorrhe" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gomorrhe" means: Ville détruite au temps d’Abraham par une « pluie de feu » venant de Dieu.
What language does "Gomorrhe" come from?
"Gomorrhe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list