à la gomme
\a la ɡɔm\
The verdict
“à la gomme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-gomme · à la gomme · French
à la gomme · 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 "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à la gomme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a la ɡɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la gomme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a la ɡɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à la gomme in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à la gomme, spelled À- -L-A- -G-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Dénué de valeur, d’intérêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à la gomme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se croit libre alors qu’on imite On fait l’homme On veut dans cette énorme et plate singerie Lire on ne sait quelle aventure à la gomme Quand bêtement tous les chemins mènent à Rome Quand chacun de nos pas est par avance écrit
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.