gond
\ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“gond” is uncommon French (frequency #81,199 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,199
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de fer coudé et généralement rond par la partie d’en haut, sur lequel s’emboîtent en tournant les pentures du battant d’une porte, d’un volet, d’une persienne, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gond · gond · French
gond · rank #81,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,199
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH goblin
Nearest frequency peer: goblin (-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 « gond »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- giovani
giovani
18,805 corpus weight
- Giulietta
Giulietta
18,804 corpus weight
- goblin
goblin
18,803 corpus weight
- gond
gond
18,802 corpus weight
- gouines
gouines
18,801 corpus weight
- gouvernera
gouvernera
18,799 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gond » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gond » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gond is uncommon French at frequency #81,199 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Morceau de fer coudé et généralement rond par la partie d’en haut, sur lequel s’emboîtent en tournant les pentures du battant d’une porte, d’un volet, d’une persienne, etc.".
gond doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gond, spelled G-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Morceau de fer coudé et généralement rond par la partie d’en haut, sur lequel s’emboîtent en tournant les pentures du battant d’une porte, d’un volet, d’une persienne, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette petite porte ne tenait plus qu'à un gond.
[…] le chevalier frappa la porte si furieusement de son pied, que les poteaux et les gonds en furent ébranlés.
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.
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