gourg
\guʁ\
The verdict
“gourg” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Partie très creusée du lit d’une rivière, où on ne peut pas traverser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourg · gourg · French
gourg · 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 | gourg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \guʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gourg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gourg is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \guʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie très creusée du lit d’une rivière, où on ne peut pas traverser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gourg, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gourg, spelled G-O-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Partie très creusée du lit d’une rivière, où on ne peut pas traverser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gourg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il arriva qu’étant au milieu de l’eau, la truie se secoua, de telle sorte que le loup s’enfonça et faillit rester au fond d’un gourg.
Antonyms
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.