Gourcuff

name

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The verdict

“Gourcuff” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,980
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourcuff · Gourcuff · French

Gourcuff · rank #31,980 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,980
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouin

Nearest frequency peer: gouin (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gourcuff »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Gourcuff » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gourcuff
PropertyValue
HeadwordGourcuff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,980
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gourcuff »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Gourcuffse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gouin » (#31,979), « graduelle » (#31,981), « goose » (#31,978). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gourcuff » est au #31,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gourcuff, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,980 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gourcuff, with forms such as "ggourcuff", "gorucuff", and "goucruff". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gourcuff, spelled G-O-U-R-C-U-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « A mon époque, il y avait déjà des projets de développement du foot, des constructions de stades et des infrastructures qui paraissaient démesurées compte tenu de la taille de Doha » se souvient Christian Gourcuff, ancien entraîneur du club d'Al-Gharafa lors de la saison 2002-2003, passé par le FC Lorient (2003-2014) avant d'aller entraîner la sélection…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggourcuff
  • gorucuff
  • goucruff
  • gourccuff
  • gourcfuf
  • gourcuf
  • gourrcuff
  • gourucff
  • guorcuff
  • ogurcuff

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gourcuff - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggourcuff1gorucuff2goucruff2gourccuff1gourcfuf2gourcuf1gourrcuff1gourucff2
Edit distance from "Gourcuff"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gourcuff"?
"Gourcuff" is spelled G-O-U-R-C-U-F-F.
What does "Gourcuff" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gourcuff" means: Nom de famille.
What are common misspellings of "Gourcuff"?
Common misspellings include "ggourcuff", "gorucuff", "goucruff", "gourccuff", "gourcfuf". The correct spelling is "Gourcuff".
What language does "Gourcuff" come from?
"Gourcuff" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gourcuff", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grosjean#31,982Guinness#31,983holdings#31,992hormonal#31,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Goodman10 variantsfustige10 variantsfroment10 variantsfigurez10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list