gourdes
\ɡuʁd\
The verdict
“gourdes” is uncommon French (frequency #53,382 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,382
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de gourde.
| 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) |
Where “gourdes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gourdes is uncommon French at frequency #53,382 among 194,371 “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.
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Using “gourdes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-U-R-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.