Gourvennec
\ɡuʁ.ve.nɛk\
The verdict
“Gourvennec” is uncommon French (frequency #69,877 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,877
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gourvennec · Gourvennec · French
Gourvennec · rank #69,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,877
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gordes
Nearest frequency peer: Gordes (-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 « Gourvennec »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glissées
glissées
30,128 corpus weight
- golgi
golgi
30,127 corpus weight
- Gordes
Gordes
30,125 corpus weight
- Gourvennec
Gourvennec
30,124 corpus weight
- gratifie
gratifie
30,123 corpus weight
- greens
greens
30,122 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gourvennec » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gourvennec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡuʁ.ve.nɛk\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gourvennec » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gourvennec is uncommon French at frequency #69,877 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡuʁ.ve.nɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Gourvennec has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gourvennec, spelled G-O-U-R-V-E-N-N-E-C.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gourvennec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait été battu par Lille (1-0) où Galtier, champion de France 2021, avait laissé sa place à Jocelyn Gourvennec.
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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