gueldre

\ɡɛldʁ\

/\ɡɛldʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“gueldre” is uncommon French (frequency #57,990 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,990
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appât que l’on fait en Bretagne avec de petites chevrettes pilées ou la chair de quelques poissons cuits.

Key facts for gueldre
PropertyValue
Headwordgueldre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛldʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gueldre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gueldre lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gueldre is uncommon French at frequency #57,990 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛldʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appât que l’on fait en Bretagne avec de petites chevrettes pilées ou la chair de quelques poissons cuits.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gueldre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gueldre, spelled G-U-E-L-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appât que l’on fait en Bretagne avec de petites chevrettes pilées ou la chair de quelques poissons cuits.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gueldre"?
"gueldre" is spelled G-U-E-L-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛldʁ\.
What does "gueldre" mean?
As a noun, "gueldre" means: Appât que l’on fait en Bretagne avec de petites chevrettes pilées ou la chair de quelques poissons cuits.
How do you pronounce "gueldre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gueldre" is \ɡɛldʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gueldre" come from?
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Using “gueldre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-E-L-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡɛldʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list