gourbiville

\ɡuʁ.bi.vil\

/\ɡuʁ.bi.vil\/ noun

The verdict

“gourbiville” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agglomération d’habitations sommaires et insalubres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourbiville · gourbiville · French

gourbiville · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for gourbiville
PropertyValue
Headwordgourbiville
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡuʁ.bi.vil\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gourbiville » en français

gourbivillesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gourbiville is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁ.bi.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agglomération d’habitations sommaires et insalubres.".

No misspelling variants are generated for gourbiville in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gourbiville, spelled G-O-U-R-B-I-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agglomération d’habitations sommaires et insalubres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gourbiville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certes, l’apparence reste celle d’un gourbiville mais, avec le temps, les baraques ont été aménagées et ont reçu quelques éléments de confort comme l’électricité, d’autant que la population, dont le taux d’autochtonie est curieusement le plus fort d’Annaba, a réussi à trouver un emploi et donc à s’intégrer à l’économie urbaine.
  2. Les premiers "gourbivilles" tunisois sont apparus entre les deux guerres suite à l’extension de l’exploitation agricole coloniale et à la destructuration qu’elle a engendrée dans les campagnes touchées par cette extension.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gourbiville"?
"gourbiville" is spelled G-O-U-R-B-I-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡuʁ.bi.vil\.
What does "gourbiville" mean?
As a noun, "gourbiville" means: Agglomération d’habitations sommaires et insalubres.
How do you pronounce "gourbiville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gourbiville" is \ɡuʁ.bi.vil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gourbiville" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list