gouvernant
\ɡu.vɛʁ.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“gouvernant” is uncommon French (frequency #50,862 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,862
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui gouverne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouvernant · gouvernant · French
gouvernant · rank #50,862 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,862
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gotta
Nearest frequency peer: gotta (-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 « gouvernant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glissière
glissière
49,142 corpus weight
- gotta
gotta
49,140 corpus weight
- gouvernant
gouvernant
49,139 corpus weight
- grad
grad
49,138 corpus weight
- grandisse
grandisse
49,137 corpus weight
- granny
granny
49,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gouvernant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouvernant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡu.vɛʁ.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gouvernant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gouvernant is uncommon French at frequency #50,862 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡu.vɛʁ.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui gouverne.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gouvernant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gouvernant, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui gouverne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gouvernant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De là les progrès des beaux-arts dans ce quinzième siècle, où la liberté (entendez toujours la liberté d’alors, la liberté gouvernante et non jouissante) commençait si fort à languir.
J’ai eu ici avant-hier en votre honneur un des chefs électoraux de la coterie gouvernante à l’Académie, M. de Lacretelle.
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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