gourmander
\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.de\
The verdict
“gourmander” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manier rudement un cheval de la main.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourmander · gourmander · French
gourmander · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | gourmander |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.de\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gourmander » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gourmander is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gourmander, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gourmander, spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Manier rudement un cheval de la main.
- 2Réprimander avec dureté.
- 3Larder, garnir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gourmander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce fut donc le clergé qui, à Plassans, mena la réaction. La noblesse devint son prête-nom, rien de plus ; il se cacha derrière elle, il la gourmanda, la dirigea, parvint même à lui rendre une vie factice.
Depuis, j’ai rencontré maintes fois Ferdinand Brunetière, j’ai dîné avec lui à la Revue et ailleurs, j’ai suivi sa conversation en style noble, aux tournures archaïques, comme dans sa remarque célèbre, au sujet d’une domestique renvoyée : « Si vous les gourmandez toutes ainsi, madame, vous n’en trouverez seulement point une ».
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.