gourmand

\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\

/\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“gourmand” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,894
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mange avec avidité et parfois avec excès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourmand · gourmand · French

gourmand · rank #16,894 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,894
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gore

Nearest frequency peer: gore (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gourmand »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gourmand » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gourmand vs gourmands
89% similar
gourmand vs gourmande
89% similar
gourmand vs gourmandes
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gourmand
PropertyValue
Headwordgourmand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,894
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gourmand »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gourmandse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gore » (#16,893), « graal » (#16,895), « gastronomique » (#16,892). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gourmand » est au #16,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gourmand (IPA \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,894 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gourmand, with forms such as "ggourmand", "gorumand", and "goumrand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gourmands", "gourmande", "gourmandes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gourmand, spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mange avec avidité et parfois avec excès.
  2. 2
    Qui aime faire bonne chère. Qui recherche le plaisir de manger des mets succulents, des sucreries, des friandises. (En cette acception il se rapproche du sens de gourmet sans toutefois se confondre avec lui)
  3. 3
    Avide de satisfactions sensuelles ou d'avantages quelconques.
  4. 4
    Se dit des branches d’un arbre fruitier, d’un arbuste ou d’une plante qui poussent avec trop de vigueur et qui absorbent la nourriture des autres branches.
  5. 5
    Nom vulgaire des stolons.
  6. 6
    Qui est apprécié des gourmands ou des gourmets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gourmand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un polisson gourmand.
  2. Une caille, une grive gourmande.

Synonyms

avidegloutongouluvoracegourmetfriand

This word in other languages

gluttonous(English)glotón(Español)gefräßig(Deutsch)voraz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggourmand
  • gorumand
  • goumrand
  • gouramnd
  • gourmadn
  • gourmandd
  • gourmannd
  • gourmmand
  • gourmnad
  • gourrmand
  • guormand
  • ogurmand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gourmand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggourmand1gorumand2goumrand2gouramnd2gourmadn2gourmandd1gourmannd1gourmmand1
Edit distance from "gourmand"

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 "gourmand"?
"gourmand" is spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "gourmand" mean?
As an adjective, "gourmand" means: Qui mange avec avidité et parfois avec excès.
What words are commonly confused with "gourmand"?
"gourmand" is commonly confused with "gourmands", "gourmande", "gourmandes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gourmand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gourmand" is \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gourmand" come from?
"gourmand" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gourmand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

franchit#16,885Foucault#16,883immortel#16,906inaperçu#16,909

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

indigène12 variantsfauteuils12 variantsinformée12 variantsdélibéré12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list