Gazette

/[ɡaˈt͡sɛtə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,195

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Gazette is aGermannoun. It means: periodisch erscheinendes Presseorgan Pronounced [ɡaˈt͡sɛtə]. Often confused with Gatte and Gazelle.

Key facts for Gazette
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HeadwordGazette
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡaˈt͡sɛtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,195
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gazette in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gazette is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡaˈt͡sɛtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,195 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "periodisch erscheinendes Presseorgan".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gazette, with forms such as "agzette", "gaeztte", and "gazete". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Gatte", "Gazelle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gazette, spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    periodisch erscheinendes Presseorgan

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agzette,gaeztte,gazete,gazetet,gaztete,gazzette,ggazette,gzaette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gazette

Misspelling Variants of "Gazette"

agzette7gaeztte7gazete6gazetet7gaztete7gazzette8ggazette8gzaette7
Misspelling Variants of "Gazette"

Frequency rank: #43,195 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gazette"?
"Gazette" is spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaˈt͡sɛtə].
What does "Gazette" mean?
As a noun, "Gazette" means: periodisch erscheinendes Presseorgan
What words are commonly confused with "Gazette"?
"Gazette" is commonly confused with "Gatte", "Gazelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gazette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gazette" is [ɡaˈt͡sɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gazette" come from?
"Gazette" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.