gabegie
\ɡab.ʒi\
The verdict
“gabegie” is uncommon French (frequency #51,488 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,488
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fraude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gabegie · gabegie · French
gabegie · rank #51,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,488
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH Gabriele
Nearest frequency peer: Gabriele (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gabegie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- frôlant
frôlant
48,517 corpus weight
- fumaient
fumaient
48,516 corpus weight
- gabegie
gabegie
48,513 corpus weight
- Gabriele
Gabriele
48,512 corpus weight
- Gaillac
Gaillac
48,511 corpus weight
- garces
garces
48,509 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gabegie” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabegie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡab.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gabegie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gabegie is uncommon French at frequency #51,488 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡab.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gabegie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gabegie, spelled G-A-B-E-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Fraude.
- 2Désordre dans une administration, dans une entreprise, un pays, qui a pour cause des dépenses exagérées, et pour conséquences des pertes d’argent. L'expression gabegie financière est donc un pléonasme.
- 3Ruse, tromperie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gabegie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les moins scrupuleux, les moins obtus, jetaient toute vergogne à bas ; ils trempaient dans des gabegies, vannaient la bourbe des affaires, comparaissaient ainsi que de vulgaires filous, en cour d’assises, et ils servaient à rehausser un peu la justice humaine qui, ne pouvant se dispenser toujours d’être partiale, finissait par les nommer bibliothécaires d…
A l’appui de sa thèse, il vient de publier un épais rapport d’experts démontrant la gabegie financière que constituera la poursuite d’un tel chantier.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gabegie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.