gambier
"gambier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gambier” is uncommon English (frequency #54,792 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,792
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gambier · gambier · English
gambier · rank #54,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,792
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gainful
Nearest frequency peer: gainful (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “gambier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fuscous
fuscous
45,212 corpus weight
- futurism
futurism
45,211 corpus weight
- gainful
gainful
45,210 corpus weight
- gambier
gambier
45,209 corpus weight
- Ganguly
Ganguly
45,208 corpus weight
- gastronomic
gastronomic
45,207 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gambier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gambier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gambier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gambier is uncommon English at frequency #54,792 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gambier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay gambir. The correct English form is gambier, spelled G-A-M-B-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
- 2An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gambier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When the entire coast-line becomes a sea of waving palms, with Chinese and Malay villages fringing the shores, which are at present mere barren wastes of mangroves, with plantations of pepper, of gambier, and of tapioca and rice, the Northern Territory, backed up by the unswerving energy of the Australian squatter, miner, and planter, will present a spect…
Etymology
From Malay gambir.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).