ganache
/ɡəˈnæʃ/
"ganache" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ganache” is uncommon English (frequency #62,165 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,165
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganache |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈnæʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ganache” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ganache is uncommon English at frequency #62,165 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡəˈnæʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ganache, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-). The correct English form is ganache, spelled G-A-N-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
- 2A kind of surcoat with short cap sleeves.
- 3A fool
Etymology
Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).
This word in other languages
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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Using “ganache”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-N-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.