gourmette

\ɡuʁ.mɛt\

/\ɡuʁ.mɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“gourmette” is uncommon French (frequency #74,041 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,041
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui, en dégustant le vin, sait en déterminer la provenance, la date et les diverses caractéristiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourmette · gourmette · French

gourmette · rank #74,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,041
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gordie

Nearest frequency peer: gordie (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gourmette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gourmette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gourmette
PropertyValue
Headwordgourmette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡuʁ.mɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gourmette » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gourmettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « gordie » (#74,040), « Gower » (#74,042), « Grammys » (#74,043). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gourmette » est au #74,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gourmette is uncommon French at frequency #74,041 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡuʁ.mɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gourmette in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gourmette, spelled G-O-U-R-M-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui, en dégustant le vin, sait en déterminer la provenance, la date et les diverses caractéristiques.
  2. 2
    Celle qui apporte dans les choses de la table une recherche de délicatesse et de raffinement.
  3. 3
    Petite chainette de fer qui tient à un des côtés du mors d’un cheval et qu’on accroche à l’autre côté en la faisant passer sous la ganache.
  4. 4
    Bracelet de chaîne à mailles plates et comportant souvent une plaquette gravée.
  5. 5
    Garde établie par les marchands pour surveiller la marchandise d’un navire avant et pendant son débarquement.
  6. 6
    Menotte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette Taverniere est bonne gourmette.
  2. Ma chienne a nom Fanny ; cette fine gourmette Trie avec soin chacun des morceaux qu’on lui jette.

This word in other languages

gourmet(English)Feinschmeckerin(Deutsch)

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 "gourmette"?
"gourmette" is spelled G-O-U-R-M-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡuʁ.mɛt\.
What does "gourmette" mean?
As a noun, "gourmette" means: Celle qui, en dégustant le vin, sait en déterminer la provenance, la date et les diverses caractéristiques.
How do you pronounce "gourmette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gourmette" is \ɡuʁ.mɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gourmette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gwendolyn#74,046génitrice#74,051Gallipoli#74,021hochement#74,062

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list