gook
\ɡuk\
The verdict
“gook” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Est-Asiatique. Note d’usage : Appellation aux États-Unis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gook · gook · French
gook · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gook |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gook » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gook is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Est-Asiatique. Note d’usage : Appellation aux États-Unis.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gook in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 gook, spelled G-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1Est-Asiatique. Note d’usage : Appellation aux États-Unis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les « Gooks » nous ont vraiment pris dans un piège. Ils nous ont laissé traverser la ville, puis ils sont venus sur nous, descendant des montagnes et nous tournant par derrière.
Les Américains appellent les Coréens des « Gooks ». On a dit aux soldats : « Les Gooks ne sont pas des hommes. Tuez-les comme des poux ». Ils ont une peur bleue des partisans. »
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.