gourmandises
\ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\
The verdict
“gourmandises” is uncommon French (frequency #60,831 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,831
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de gourmandise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gourmandises |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gourmandises” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gourmandises is uncommon French at frequency #60,831 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gourmandise.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gourmandises, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 gourmandises, spelled G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D-I-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de 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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-U-R-M-A-N-D-I-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡuʁ.mɑ̃.diz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.