gabe

\ɡab\

/\ɡab\/ verb

The verdict

“gabe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,631
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gaber.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gabe · gabe · French

gabe · rank #45,631 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,631
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH féodalité

Nearest frequency peer: féodalité (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gabe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gabe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gabe vs GB
0% similar
gabe vs gré
25% similar
gabe vs gai
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gabe
PropertyValue
Headwordgabe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡab\
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,631
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gabe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gabese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « féodalité » (#45,630), « féline » (#45,629), « gagneras » (#45,633). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gabe » est au #45,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around gabe (IPA \ɡab\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,631 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gabe, with forms such as "agbe", "gabbe", and "gaeb". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GB", "gré", "gai", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gabe, spelled G-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gaber.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gaber.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gaber.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gaber.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de gaber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agbe
  • gabbe
  • gaeb
  • gbae
  • ggabe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gabe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agbe2gabbe1gaeb2gbae2ggabe1
Edit distance from "gabe"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gabe"?
"gabe" is spelled G-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡab\.
What does "gabe" mean?
As a verb, "gabe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gaber.
What words are commonly confused with "gabe"?
"gabe" is commonly confused with "GB", "gré", "gai". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gabe" is \ɡab\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gabe" come from?
"gabe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gabe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list