gorgonzola
\ɡɔʁ.ɡɔ̃.zo.la\
The verdict
“gorgonzola” is uncommon French (frequency #84,842 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,842
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage italien à pâte molle, à base de lait de vache, à pâte persillée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gorgonzola · gorgonzola · French
gorgonzola · rank #84,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,842
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Goldin
Nearest frequency peer: Goldin (-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 « gorgonzola »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gloses
gloses
15,163 corpus weight
- gneu
gneu
15,162 corpus weight
- gogole
gogole
15,161 corpus weight
- Goldin
Goldin
15,160 corpus weight
- gorgonzola
gorgonzola
15,159 corpus weight
- gouvernantes
gouvernantes
15,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gorgonzola » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gorgonzola |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔʁ.ɡɔ̃.zo.la\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gorgonzola » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gorgonzola is uncommon French at frequency #84,842 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔʁ.ɡɔ̃.zo.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fromage italien à pâte molle, à base de lait de vache, à pâte persillée.".
gorgonzola has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gorgonzola, spelled G-O-R-G-O-N-Z-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Fromage italien à pâte molle, à base de lait de vache, à pâte persillée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gorgonzola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour mon plateau de fromage, vous me rajouterez une tranche de gorgonzola, s'il vous plait.
Quand c’est du gorgonzola qu’on lui fait cadeau, qui est une espèce de roquefort, avec du bleu dedans, papa le cache dans un coin et le laisse vieillir bien bien. Au bout de quelques semaines, ça se met à puer terrible. Maman cherche partout, mais papa est malin. Des fois, même, il emmène le bout de fromage avec lui sur le chantier, au fond de sa poche, e…
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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