gouvernement
\ɡu.vɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“gouvernement” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #314 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #314
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action, charge, ou manière de gouverner, de régir, d’administrer quelque chose, en particulier dans le domaine politique.
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 | gouvernement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡu.vɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gouvernement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gouvernement is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡu.vɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #314 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for gouvernement, with forms such as "ggouvernement", "gouevrnement", and "gouvenrement". 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, "gouvernent", "government", "gouvernements", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gouvernement, spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action, charge, ou manière de gouverner, de régir, d’administrer quelque chose, en particulier dans le domaine politique.
- 2Pouvoir qui gouverne un État.
- 3Organisation ou structure politique de l’État.
- 4Ceux qui gouvernent un état et particulièrement le pouvoir exécutif.
- 5Charge de gouverneur dans une province, dans une ville, dans une place forte, dans une maison royale.
- 6Territoire sous le pouvoir de ce gouverneur.
- 7Charge de gouverneur chargé de l’éducation et de l’instruction d’un jeune prince, d’un jeune homme de grande famille.
- 8Désigne dans l'argot de l’École Polytechnique l’épée d’ordonnance, car elle est fournie par l’État. ^([1]) ^([2]) On la nomme aussi tangente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggouvernement,gouevrnement,gouvenrement,gouverenment,gouverneemnt,gouvernemennt,gouvernementt,gouvernemetn,gouvernemment,gouvernemnet,gouvernmeent,gouvernnement,gouverrnement,gouvrenement,gouvvernement,govuernement,guovernement,oguvernement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gouvernement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “gouvernement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡu.vɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gouvernent” - see the side-by-side comparison. gouvernement vs gouvernent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.