gour
\ɡuʁ\
The verdict
“gour” is uncommon French (frequency #83,915 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,915
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concrétion carbonatée (spéléothème) en forme de barrage en travers d’un écoulement d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gour · gour · French
gour · rank #83,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,915
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gores
Nearest frequency peer: gores (-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 « gour »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glycérol
glycérol
16,089 corpus weight
- glyphe
glyphe
16,088 corpus weight
- gores
gores
16,087 corpus weight
- gour
gour
16,086 corpus weight
- graminée
graminée
16,085 corpus weight
- graphologie
graphologie
16,084 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gour » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gour is uncommon French at frequency #83,915 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gour, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gour, spelled G-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Concrétion carbonatée (spéléothème) en forme de barrage en travers d’un écoulement d’eau.
- 2Trou d’eau dans la roche, généralement gardant l’eau en période sèche.
- 3Partie très creusée du lit d’une rivière.
- 4Zone centrale du ventre chez les animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gours s’édifient en piégeant des feuilles, des brindilles ou des aiguilles de pins qui vont se faire encroûter et se souder entre elles pour rehausser progressivement la construction.
À cinq ou six mètres à gauche du peuplier, il y a une faille. Un torrent en descend qui, avec la pluie d’hier, aujourd’hui fait encore de l’esbroufe. Est-ce que le type descendrait aussi par là ? Mais venant d’où ? Cette faille est extrêmement sombre en rochers rouges dans lesquels l’eau a creusé des gour ^([sic]) qui doivent être profonds.
Antonyms
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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