gouailler
\ɡwɑ.je\
The verdict
“gouailler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Railler, plaisanter sans délicatesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouailler · gouailler · French
gouailler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouailler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡwɑ.je\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gouailler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡwɑ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Railler, plaisanter sans délicatesse.".
gouailler has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gouailler, spelled G-O-U-A-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Railler, plaisanter sans délicatesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gouailler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes gens, à toutes les époques, ont accoutumé de gouailler les opinions de leurs parents surtout quand ils relèvent un pessimisme maussade qui leur est intolérable.
— Oh ! gouailla-t-il, pour ce qui est d’écouter, je ne discute pas.
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.