gonzo
The verdict
“gonzo” is uncommon French (frequency #53,983 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,983
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un style journalistique outrageusement personnel, opposé aux dogmes de neutralité subjective de la profession.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gonzo · gonzo · French
gonzo · rank #53,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,983
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gontran
Nearest frequency peer: Gontran (-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 « gonzo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glow
glow
46,021 corpus weight
- gommage
gommage
46,020 corpus weight
- Gontran
Gontran
46,019 corpus weight
- gonzo
gonzo
46,018 corpus weight
- Gourdon
Gourdon
46,017 corpus weight
- gousset
gousset
46,016 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gonzo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gonzo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gonzo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gonzo is uncommon French at frequency #53,983 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un style journalistique outrageusement personnel, opposé aux dogmes de neutralité subjective de la profession.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gonzo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gonzo, spelled G-O-N-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un style journalistique outrageusement personnel, opposé aux dogmes de neutralité subjective de la profession.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gonzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thompson, inventeur du journalisme « gonzo » (qui consiste à s'exprimer à la première personne, à être subjectif et engagé, à fortement s'aider d'alcool et de drogue pour écrire) (…) s'est suicidé en 2005 à l'âge de 66 ans^([sic : 67 ans]).
Le magazine américain "Vice", incarnation du journalisme gonzo.
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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