guk

pron

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.

Key facts for guk
PropertyValue
Headwordguk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#96,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “guk” 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). guk 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

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

  1. 1
    Ergatif 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guk"?
"guk" is spelled G-U-K.
What does "guk" mean?
As a pronoun, "guk" means: Ergatif de gu.
What language does "guk" come from?
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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.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list