gourmandise

\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\

/\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\/ noun

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The verdict

“gourmandise” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,668
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défaut de celui qui est gourmand, qui mange plus que de raison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourmandise · gourmandise · French

gourmandise · rank #25,668 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,668
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gobelet

Nearest frequency peer: gobelet (-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 « gourmandise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gourmandise » 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).

gourmandise vs gourmands
82% similar
gourmandise vs gourmande
82% similar
gourmandise vs gourmandes
82% similar

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

Key facts for gourmandise
PropertyValue
Headwordgourmandise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,668
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gourmandise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gourmandisese 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 « gobelet » (#25,667), « grimpé » (#25,669), « gillet » (#25,666). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gourmandise » est au #25,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around gourmandise (IPA \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,668 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for gourmandise, with forms such as "ggourmandise", "gorumandise", and "goumrandise". 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", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 gourmandise, spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Défaut de celui qui est gourmand, qui mange plus que de raison.
  2. 2
    Petit plat gourmand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce très léger excès, péché de gourmandise dont il s’accusait d’ailleurs véhémentement, et duquel il n’était guère coutumier, l’avait vivement dérangé, […].
  2. Honni par le Talmud et le Coran, diabolisé par les chrétiens comme symbole de luxure et de gourmandise, le cochon est tout aussi triquard dans la société laïque, obligatoire, gonadoclaste et de surcroît xyloglotte.

Synonyms

boulimiemignardise

Antonyms

tempérance

This word in other languages

gluttony(English)glotonería(Español)Delikatesse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggourmandise
  • gorumandise
  • goumrandise
  • gouramndise
  • gourmadnise
  • gourmanddise
  • gourmandies
  • gourmandisse
  • gourmandsie
  • gourmanidse
  • gourmanndise
  • gourmmandise
  • gourmnadise
  • gourrmandise
  • guormandise
  • ogurmandise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gourmandise - 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.

ggourmandise1gorumandise2goumrandise2gouramndise2gourmadnise2gourmanddise1gourmandies2gourmandisse1
Edit distance from "gourmandise"

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 "gourmandise"?
"gourmandise" is spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\.
What does "gourmandise" mean?
As a noun, "gourmandise" means: Défaut de celui qui est gourmand, qui mange plus que de raison.
What words are commonly confused with "gourmandise"?
"gourmandise" 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 "gourmandise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gourmandise" is \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gourmandise" come from?
"gourmandise" 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 "gourmandise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

hurlements16 variantsFitzgerald16 variantsdéfensives16 variantscontentant16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list