gueule noire
\ɡœl nwaʁ\
The verdict
“gueule noire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne travaillant dans les mines de charbon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gueule-noire · gueule noire · French
gueule noire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gueule noire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡœl nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gueule noire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gueule noire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡœl nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gueule noire in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gueule noire, spelled G-U-E-U-L-E- -N-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne travaillant dans les mines de charbon.
- 2Myrtille commune, Vaccinium myrtillus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gueule noire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marcel, le personnage central, est une gueule noire ou du moins l’enfant d’une gueule noire.
La gueule noire est un sous-arbrisseau rampant et sauvage.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.