gourgandine
\ɡuʁ.ɡɑ̃.din\
The verdict
“gourgandine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui aime à séduire en quantité, femme de mauvaise vie, dévergondée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourgandine · gourgandine · French
gourgandine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | gourgandine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ.ɡɑ̃.din\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gourgandine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁ.ɡɑ̃.din\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gourgandine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gourgandine, spelled G-O-U-R-G-A-N-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui aime à séduire en quantité, femme de mauvaise vie, dévergondée.
- 2Corset qui se lace sur le devant.
- 3Nom vernaculaire de l’espèce Meretrix meretrix, une sorte de bivalve.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gourgandine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toi, dit-il à Gabrielle, misérable gourgandine à langue de vipère qui as empoisonné ma maison !
il a eu le bonheur inouï de prendre pour épouse une Adeline ! et il l’a trahie, il l’a abreuvée de chagrins, il l’a quittée pour des catins, pour des gourgandines, pour des sauteuses, des actrices, des Cadine, des Josépha, des Marneffe.
Synonyms
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.