bec de gaz
\bɛk də ɡaz\
The verdict
“bec de gaz” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Ancien système d’éclairage, qui fonctionnait au gaz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bec-de-gaz · bec de gaz · French
bec de gaz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bec de gaz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛk də ɡaz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bec de gaz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bec de gaz is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛk də ɡaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bec de gaz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bec de gaz, spelled B-E-C- -D-E- -G-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Ancien système d’éclairage, qui fonctionnait au gaz.
- 2Ancien lampadaire pour l’éclairage urbain, qui fonctionnait au gaz.
- 3Figurant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bec de gaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis tellement troublé, que je ne vois pas très-distinctement autour de moi ; il me semble que nous sommes dans un bureau et que deux ou trois personnes penchées sur des tables écrivent à la lueur de plusieurs becs de gaz qui brûlent en chantant.
Des becs de gaz sans globe, brûlant à l’air libre, flambaient, chauffaient furieusement l’épaisse buée dormante, faite des haleines et de la fumée des pipes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.