gunman

\ˈɡʌn.mən\

/\ˈɡʌn.mən\/ noun

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The verdict

“gunman” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un pistolero ; une personne, très souvent homme hors-la-loi, armée d’un pistolet ou de toute autre arme portable.

Key facts for gunman
PropertyValue
Headwordgunman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɡʌn.mən\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gunman” sits in French frequency

gunman falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gunman is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡʌn.mən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un pistolero ; une personne, très souvent homme hors-la-loi, armée d’un pistolet ou de toute autre arme portable.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gunman in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 gunman, spelled G-U-N-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un pistolero ; une personne, très souvent homme hors-la-loi, armée d’un pistolet ou de toute autre arme portable.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gunman"?
"gunman" is spelled G-U-N-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɡʌn.mən\.
What does "gunman" mean?
As a noun, "gunman" means: Un pistolero ; une personne, très souvent homme hors-la-loi, armée d’un pistolet ou de toute autre arme portable.
How do you pronounce "gunman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gunman" is \ˈɡʌn.mən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gunman" come from?
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Using “gunman”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-U-N-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈɡʌn.mən\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list