gouaillé

\ɡwɑ.je\

/\ɡwɑ.je\/ verb

The verdict

“gouaillé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de gouailler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gouaille · gouaillé · French

gouaillé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for gouaillé
PropertyValue
Headwordgouaillé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡwɑ.je\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gouaillé » en français

gouaillén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gouaillé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡwɑ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de gouailler.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gouaillé, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gouaillé, spelled G-O-U-A-I-L-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de gouailler.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gouaillé"?
"gouaillé" is spelled G-O-U-A-I-L-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡwɑ.je\.
What does "gouaillé" mean?
As a verb, "gouaillé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de gouailler.
How do you pronounce "gouaillé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gouaillé" is \ɡwɑ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gouaillé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list