Gournay

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The verdict

“Gournay” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,640
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gournay · Gournay · French

Gournay · rank #45,640 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,640
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gonflées

Nearest frequency peer: gonflées (-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 « Gournay »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gournay » 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
Key facts for Gournay
PropertyValue
HeadwordGournay
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,640
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gournay »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Gournayse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gonflées » (#45,639), « grabuge » (#45,641), « Gilberte » (#45,638). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gournay » est au #45,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gournay, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,640 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gournay, with forms such as "ggournay", "gorunay", and "gounray". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gournay, spelled G-O-U-R-N-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
  2. 2
    Forme brève du nom de la commune de Gournay-sur-Aronde, située dans le département de l’Oise.
  3. 3
    Forme brève du nom de la commune de Gournay-en-Bray, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.
  4. 4
    Forme brève du nom de la commune de Gournay-sur-Marne, située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par chance, la fouille du sanctuaire de Gournay a été exhaustive : l'ensemble de la surface de l'enclos sacré fut fouillé, le fossé de clôture, richement comblé de restes sacrificiels et d'offrandes, entièrement dégagé et son matériel restauré et étudié.
  2. À Pontoise, à Gournay, à Forges, l’inspecteur principal Ganimard, envoyé spécialement de Paris, avec l’inspecteur Folenfant, constata le passage d’une automobile au cours de la nuit précédente...

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggournay
  • gorunay
  • gounray
  • gourany
  • gournayy
  • gournnay
  • gournya
  • gourrnay
  • guornay
  • ogurnay

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gournay - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggournay1gorunay2gounray2gourany2gournayy1gournnay1gournya2gourrnay1
Edit distance from "Gournay"

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 "Gournay"?
"Gournay" is spelled G-O-U-R-N-A-Y.
What does "Gournay" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gournay" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
What are common misspellings of "Gournay"?
Common misspellings include "ggournay", "gorunay", "gounray", "gourany", "gournayy". The correct spelling is "Gournay".
What language does "Gournay" come from?
"Gournay" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grabuge#45,641grossis#45,644génoise#45,648hermite#45,653

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grattage10 variantsFrisbee10 variantsfondues10 variantsevening10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list