gourou

\ɡu.ʁu\

/\ɡu.ʁu\/ noun

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The verdict

“gourou” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,035
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maître spirituel hindou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gourou · gourou · French

gourou · rank #19,035 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,035
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH GG

Nearest frequency peer: GG (-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 « gourou »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gourou » 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).

gourou vs gourous
86% similar
gourou vs garou
67% similar
gourou vs gourde
67% similar

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

Key facts for gourou
PropertyValue
Headwordgourou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡu.ʁu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,035
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gourou »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gourouse 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 « GG » (#19,034), « grises » (#19,036), « Gers » (#19,033). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gourou » est au #19,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gourou (IPA \ɡu.ʁu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,035 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gourou, with forms such as "ggourou", "goruou", and "gouoru". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gourous", "garou", "gourde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gourou, spelled G-O-U-R-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître spirituel hindou.
  2. 2
    Expert dans un domaine particulier dont les avis sont largement reconnus et respectés.
  3. 3
    Chef d’un petit groupe spirituel, manipulateur, sectaire, fantaisiste, ou même dangereux.
  4. 4
    Personne qui dit aux autres quoi faire en prétendant avoir la vérité, et dont les adeptes sont assimilés à des disciples.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. le véritable gourou tranche les huit liens du disciples par sa compassion sans faille ; ces huit liens, qui font obstacle à la réalisation, sont la haine, le doute, la crainte, la honte, la médisance, le conformisme, l’arrogance et la conscience de caste, de « naissance ».
  2. John Carmack est un gourou de la programmation informatique 3D.

This word in other languages

guru(English)gurú(Español)Guru(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggourou
  • goruou
  • gouoru
  • gourrou
  • gouruo
  • guorou
  • ogurou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gourou - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggourou1goruou2gouoru2gourrou1gouruo2guorou2ogurou2
Edit distance from "gourou"

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 "gourou"?
"gourou" is spelled G-O-U-R-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡu.ʁu\.
What does "gourou" mean?
As a noun, "gourou" means: Maître spirituel hindou.
What words are commonly confused with "gourou"?
"gourou" is commonly confused with "gourous", "garou", "gourde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gourou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gourou" is \ɡu.ʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gourou" come from?
"gourou" 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 "gourou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grises#19,036gadget#19,031frotte#19,028fraser#19,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

homos7 variantsIrène7 variantslaïcs7 variantsBresse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list