guk
The verdict
“guk” is uncommon French (frequency #96,990 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,990
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ergatif de gu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #96,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guk” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guk is uncommon French at frequency #96,990 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ergatif de gu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for guk in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 guk, spelled G-U-K.
Definition
- 1Ergatif de gu.
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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Using “guk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-U-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.