gouda
\ɡu.da\
The verdict
“gouda” is uncommon French (frequency #54,613 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,613
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage hollandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouda · gouda · French
gouda · rank #54,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,613
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gorée
Nearest frequency peer: Gorée (-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 « gouda »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- garrigues
garrigues
45,391 corpus weight
- Gilda
Gilda
45,390 corpus weight
- Gorée
Gorée
45,389 corpus weight
- gouda
gouda
45,388 corpus weight
- greffés
greffés
45,387 corpus weight
- grincement
grincement
45,386 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gouda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.da\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gouda » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gouda is uncommon French at frequency #54,613 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡu.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fromage hollandais.".
gouda doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gouda, spelled G-O-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1Fromage hollandais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gouda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une tranche de gouda.
Fromage à pâte pressée non cuite, fabriqué avec du lait de vache, le gouda se présente sous la forme d’une petite meule ronde et jaune.
Synonyms
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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