Which to use
“gourou” and “gourous” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,035
- “gourou” frequency rank
- #47,921
- “gourous” frequency rank
- 66956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gourou | gourous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maître spirituel hindou. | Pluriel de gourou. |
Same sound, different letters: gourou vs gourous
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gourou runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against gourous's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gourou / gourous
This is the hard kind. gourou and gourous are pronounced identically (\ɡu.ʁu\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gourou” sits inside “gourous”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gourou is recorded at frequency rank #19,035, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.ʁu\. gourous is at rank #47,921, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡu.ʁu\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66956, this pair ranks #65,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gourou vs gourous
Shared letters: goru. Private to "gourou": -. Private to "gourous": s.
"gourou" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "gourous" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gourou" and "gourous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "gourou" or "gourous"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gourou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gourous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gourou" and "gourous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "garous vs gourous". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #65,550 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.