gourdes
\ɡuʁd\
The verdict
“gourdes” is uncommon French (frequency #53,382 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,382
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gourde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourdes · gourdes · French
gourdes · rank #53,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,382
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gravissime
Nearest frequency peer: gravissime (+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 « gourdes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glissez
glissez
46,622 corpus weight
- gnomes
gnomes
46,621 corpus weight
- gourdes
gourdes
46,619 corpus weight
- gravissime
gravissime
46,618 corpus weight
- grind
grind
46,617 corpus weight
- gymnastes
gymnastes
46,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gourdes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gourdes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gourdes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gourdes is uncommon French at frequency #53,382 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gourde.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gourdes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gourdes, spelled G-O-U-R-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gourde.
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 "gourdes"?
What does "gourdes" mean?
How do you pronounce "gourdes"?
What language does "gourdes" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gourdes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).