Guesde
\ɡɛd\
The verdict
“Guesde” is uncommon French (frequency #65,200 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,200
- 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-guesde · Guesde · French
Guesde · rank #65,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,200
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grinder
Nearest frequency peer: grinder (-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 « Guesde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Grigori
Grigori
34,803 corpus weight
- grinder
grinder
34,802 corpus weight
- Guesde
Guesde
34,801 corpus weight
- guépards
guépards
34,800 corpus weight
- gérons
gérons
34,799 corpus weight
- hagard
hagard
34,797 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Guesde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guesde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɛd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Guesde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Guesde is uncommon French at frequency #65,200 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Guesde in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Guesde, spelled G-U-E-S-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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