gastronome

noun

"gastronome" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet

Corpus desk

Index EN-gastronome · gastronome · English

gastronome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for gastronome
PropertyValue
Headwordgastronome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gastronome” in English

gastronomeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

gastronome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet".

Zero misspellings are on record for gastronome in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French gastronome. The correct English form is gastronome, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gastronome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle: we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

Etymology

Borrowed from French gastronome.

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 "gastronome"?
"gastronome" is spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E.
What does "gastronome" mean?
As a noun, "gastronome" means: a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
What is the origin of the word "gastronome"?
Borrowed from French gastronome. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list