Gouy
The verdict
“Gouy” is uncommon French (frequency #71,555 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,555
- 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-gouy · Gouy · French
Gouy · rank #71,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,555
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gothic
Nearest frequency peer: Gothic (-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 « Gouy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- goret
goret
28,448 corpus weight
- Gothic
Gothic
28,447 corpus weight
- Gouy
Gouy
28,446 corpus weight
- goûtant
goûtant
28,445 corpus weight
- griots
griots
28,443 corpus weight
- grossièretés
grossièretés
28,442 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gouy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gouy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #71,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gouy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gouy is uncommon French at frequency #71,555 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Gouy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gouy, spelled G-O-U-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gouy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cancer, un vrai « phénomène de société » ? À regarder les chiffres en face, les mots de Maud Gouy, co-commissaire de l’exposition « Cancers », jusqu’au 8 août 2023 à la Cité des sciences, ne sont pas exagérés.
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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