gourd
\ɡuʁ\
The verdict
“gourd” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est devenu comme perclus par le froid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourd · gourd · French
gourd · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gourd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gourd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gourd is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gourd, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gourd, spelled G-O-U-R-D.
Definition
- 1Qui est devenu comme perclus par le froid.
- 2Emprunté ; lourdaud ; maladroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gourd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avoir les mains gourdes, les articulations gourdes. — Avoir les doigts gourds.
Chez un pauvre petit collégien d’un lycée de province qui trottait, son cartable sous le bras, les mains cuisantes d’engelures, les pieds gourds dans ses galoches, par les rues glacées de sa ville de montagnes, l’hiver, ce n’était qu’un obscur et douloureux instinct.
This word in other languages
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.