gordie

\ɡɔʁ.di\

/\ɡɔʁ.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“gordie” is uncommon French (frequency #74,040 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,040
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre d’entozoaires longtemps confondu avec le genre filaire, et placé à tort par certains naturalistes dans la classe des annélides, sous le nom de dragonneau.

Key facts for gordie
PropertyValue
Headwordgordie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔʁ.di\
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,040
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gordie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gordie lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gordie is uncommon French at frequency #74,040 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔʁ.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre d’entozoaires longtemps confondu avec le genre filaire, et placé à tort par certains naturalistes dans la classe des annélides, sous le nom de dragonneau.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gordie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gordie, spelled G-O-R-D-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre d’entozoaires longtemps confondu avec le genre filaire, et placé à tort par certains naturalistes dans la classe des annélides, sous le nom de dragonneau.

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 "gordie"?
"gordie" is spelled G-O-R-D-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔʁ.di\.
What does "gordie" mean?
As a noun, "gordie" means: Genre d’entozoaires longtemps confondu avec le genre filaire, et placé à tort par certains naturalistes dans la classe des annélides, sous le nom de dragonneau.
How do you pronounce "gordie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gordie" is \ɡɔʁ.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gordie" come from?
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Using “gordie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-O-R-D-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡɔʁ.di\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list