gourou

/\ɡu.ʁu\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,035

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

gourou is aFrenchnoun. It means: Maître spirituel hindou. Pronounced \ɡu.ʁu\. Often confused with gourous and garou.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gourou in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gourou is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡu.ʁu\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,035 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for gourou, with forms such as "ggourou", "goruou", and "gouoru". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gourous", "garou", "gourde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gourou, spelled G-O-U-R-O-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggourou,goruou,gouoru,gourrou,gouruo,guorou,ogurou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gourou

Misspelling Variants of "gourou"

ggourou7goruou6gouoru6gourrou7gouruo6guorou6ogurou6
Misspelling Variants of "gourou"

Frequency rank: #19,035 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter G in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.