goulags
\ɡu.laɡ\
The verdict
“goulags” is uncommon French (frequency #88,675 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,675
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de goulag.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goulags · goulags · French
goulags · rank #88,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,675
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH goudrons
Nearest frequency peer: goudrons (-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 « goulags »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ginsburg
Ginsburg
11,331 corpus weight
- giornale
giornale
11,330 corpus weight
- goudrons
goudrons
11,327 corpus weight
- goulags
goulags
11,326 corpus weight
- graduer
graduer
11,324 corpus weight
- Grappa
Grappa
11,322 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « goulags » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goulags |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.laɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « goulags » en français
Rare enough to double-check
goulags is uncommon French at frequency #88,675 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡu.laɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de goulag.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for goulags, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is goulags, spelled G-O-U-L-A-G-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de goulag.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how goulags appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cependant, l’expérience de la polonité reste la plus substantielle dans la littérature consacrée aux goulags soviétiques.
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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