gord

\ɡɔʁ\

/\ɡɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“gord” is uncommon French (frequency #80,253 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,253
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Double rangée de perches plantées dans le fond de la rivière, qui forment un angle, au sommet duquel est un filet où viennent se prendre les poissons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gord · gord · French

gord · rank #80,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,253
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goossens

Nearest frequency peer: Goossens (-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 « gord »

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 « gord » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gord
PropertyValue
Headwordgord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gord » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Goossens » (#80,252), « goude » (#80,254), « gonflage » (#80,251). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gord » est au #80,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gord is uncommon French at frequency #80,253 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Double rangée de perches plantées dans le fond de la rivière, qui forment un angle, au sommet duquel est un filet où viennent se prendre les poissons.".

No misspelling variants are generated for gord in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gord, spelled G-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Double rangée de perches plantées dans le fond de la rivière, qui forment un angle, au sommet duquel est un filet où viennent se prendre les poissons.

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 "gord"?
"gord" is spelled G-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔʁ\.
What does "gord" mean?
As a noun, "gord" means: Double rangée de perches plantées dans le fond de la rivière, qui forment un angle, au sommet duquel est un filet où viennent se prendre les poissons.
How do you pronounce "gord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gord" is \ɡɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gord" come from?
"gord" 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 "gord", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list