goulag
\ɡu.laɡ\
The verdict
“goulag” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,972
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Système concentrationnaire soviétique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goulag · goulag · French
goulag · rank #28,972 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,972
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH GN
Nearest frequency peer: GN (-2 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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « goulag »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- glacées
glacées
71,033 corpus weight
- Glas
Glas
71,032 corpus weight
- GN
GN
71,031 corpus weight
- goulag
goulag
71,029 corpus weight
- Granville
Granville
71,027 corpus weight
- grillée
grillée
71,026 corpus weight
What this shows « goulag » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goulag |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.laɡ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « goulag »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around goulag (IPA \ɡu.laɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,972 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for goulag, with forms such as "ggoulag", "goluag", and "goualg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gould", "goulet", "goulot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 goulag, spelled G-O-U-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1Système concentrationnaire soviétique.
- 2Camp de concentration en URSS.
- 3Système concentrationnaire communiste, camp de concentration de prisonniers politiques d’un régime communiste autoritariste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goulag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’évolution du goulag a suivi l’histoire du pays. (Wikipédia, Goulag)
Le goulag a forcé Soljenitsyne à réfléchir sur son expérience et à l'évaluer à partir d'une perspective plus vaste.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggoulag
- goluag
- goualg
- goulagg
- goulga
- goullag
- guolag
- ogulag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of goulag - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "goulag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).