gulliver

noun

The verdict

“gulliver” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,118
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gulliver · gulliver · French

gulliver · rank #49,118 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,118
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guilbert

Nearest frequency peer: Guilbert (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gulliver »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gulliver » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gulliver
PropertyValue
Headwordgulliver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,118
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gulliver »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gulliverse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Guilbert » (#49,117), « gériatrie » (#49,119), « Gregorio » (#49,116). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gulliver » est au #49,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gulliver, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,118 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tête.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gulliver, with forms such as "ggulliver", "gluliver", and "gulilver". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gulliver, spelled G-U-L-L-I-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gulliver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’avais parfois comme l’idée qu’Olé s’était mis dans le gulliver qu’il aimerait bien prendre la relève.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggulliver
  • gluliver
  • gulilver
  • guliver
  • gullievr
  • gulliverr
  • gullivre
  • gullivver
  • gullvier
  • uglliver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gulliver - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggulliver1gluliver2gulilver2guliver1gullievr2gulliverr1gullivre2gullivver1
Edit distance from "gulliver"

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 "gulliver"?
"gulliver" is spelled G-U-L-L-I-V-E-R.
What does "gulliver" mean?
As a noun, "gulliver" means: Tête.
What are common misspellings of "gulliver"?
Common misspellings include "ggulliver", "gluliver", "gulilver", "guliver", "gullievr". The correct spelling is "gulliver".
What language does "gulliver" come from?
"gulliver" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gulliver", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list