gouvernaient
\ɡu.vɛʁ.nɛ\
The verdict
“gouvernaient” is uncommon French (frequency #94,851 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,851
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de gouverner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouvernaient · gouvernaient · French
gouvernaient · rank #94,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,851
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH goure
Nearest frequency peer: goure (-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 « gouvernaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gom
gom
5,153 corpus weight
- goody
goody
5,152 corpus weight
- goure
goure
5,151 corpus weight
- gouvernaient
gouvernaient
5,150 corpus weight
- gouvernorats
gouvernorats
5,149 corpus weight
- gozo
gozo
5,148 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gouvernaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouvernaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡu.vɛʁ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gouvernaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gouvernaient is uncommon French at frequency #94,851 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡu.vɛʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de gouverner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gouvernaient in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 gouvernaient, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de gouverner.
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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