gazette
/ɡəˈzɛt/noun, verb
gazette is spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gazette means “A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gazette is gazettes.
How many letters and syllables are in gazette?
| Letters | 7: G-A-Z-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gazette?
Gazette appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gazette?
- /ɡəˈzɛt/
Gazette has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gazette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gazette
- gazettes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gazetting participle, present
- gazetted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gazette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
- 2
An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
verb
- 1
To publish (something) in a gazette.
- 2
UKTo announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gazette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gazette come from?
Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).