# gazette

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡəˈzɛt/ · frequency rank #12,781

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **gazelle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazelle-vs-gazette)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agzette`, `gaeztte`, `gazete`, `gazetet`, `gaztete`, `gazzette`, `ggazette`, `gzaette`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gazette