gouverne
\ɡu.vɛʁn\
The verdict
“gouverne” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,275
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui doit servir de règle de conduite dans une affaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gouverne · gouverne · French
gouverne · rank #14,275 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,275
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Goldman
Nearest frequency peer: Goldman (-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 « gouverne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gaspillage
gaspillage
85,730 corpus weight
- glacée
glacée
85,729 corpus weight
- GM
GM
85,728 corpus weight
- Goldman
Goldman
85,727 corpus weight
- gouverne
gouverne
85,726 corpus weight
- hal
hal
85,723 corpus weight
What this shows « gouverne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gouverne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.vɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gouverne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gouverne (IPA \ɡu.vɛʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,275 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gouverne, with forms such as "ggouverne", "gouevrne", and "gouvenre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gouverner", "gouvernée", "gouverneur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gouverne, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ce qui doit servir de règle de conduite dans une affaire.
- 2Règle de conduite dans la vie courante.
- 3Pour votre gouverne : pour information, à titre de renseignement.
- 4Action de diriger une embarcation.
- 5Sorte de godille qui joue le rôle de gouvernail.
- 6Tutelle, contrôle, direction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gouverne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette lettre vous servira de gouverne.
Rien n’est plus disgracieux, vois-tu, sache-le pour ta gouverne, que de venir dire aux gens : « Que feriez-vous en telle ou telle circonstance ? »
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggouverne
- gouevrne
- gouvenre
- gouveren
- gouvernne
- gouverrne
- gouvrene
- gouvverne
- govuerne
- guoverne
- oguverne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gouverne - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gouverne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).