gugusse
\ɡy.ɡys\
The verdict
“gugusse” is uncommon French (frequency #83,005 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,005
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clown.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gugusse · gugusse · French
gugusse · rank #83,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,005
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH Gueugnon
Nearest frequency peer: Gueugnon (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gugusse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grisâtres
grisâtres
17,001 corpus weight
- grogna
grogna
17,000 corpus weight
- Gueugnon
Gueugnon
16,997 corpus weight
- gugusse
gugusse
16,996 corpus weight
- géolocalisé
géolocalisé
16,995 corpus weight
- hallucinato…
hallucinatoire
16,991 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gugusse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gugusse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡy.ɡys\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gugusse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gugusse is uncommon French at frequency #83,005 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡy.ɡys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gugusse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gugusse, spelled G-U-G-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Clown.
- 2Personne, individu plus ou moins grotesque ou comique.
- 3Petit objet quelconque, chose dont on ignore le nom, dont le nom échappe ou qu’on ne prend pas la peine de nommer correctement.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gugusse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.