Gabel
\ˈɡaː.bəl\
The verdict
“Gabel” is uncommon French (frequency #91,721 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,721
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fourchette ustensile de table à deux dents et plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gabel · Gabel · French
Gabel · rank #91,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,721
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Féron
Nearest frequency peer: Féron (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Gabel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fundamental
fundamental
8,284 corpus weight
- fuyante
fuyante
8,283 corpus weight
- Féron
Féron
8,282 corpus weight
- Gabel
Gabel
8,280 corpus weight
- Galthié
Galthié
8,277 corpus weight
- galvanise
galvanise
8,276 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gabel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gabel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡaː.bəl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gabel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gabel is uncommon French at frequency #91,721 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡaː.bəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gabel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Gabel, spelled G-A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1Fourchette ustensile de table à deux dents et plus.
- 2Fourche les deux bras d'un chariot élévateur.
- 3Brancard les deux timons parallèles d'un véhicule hippomobile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich esse das Fleisch mit einer Gabel und einem Messer.
Groß ist er, der Croque Monsieur, den mir der Kellner auf den kleinen Bistro-Tisch im Pariser Stadtteil Saint-Germain-des-Prés stellt. (...) Dennoch empfiehlt es sich, das Sandwich mit Messer und Gabel zu essen, denn es ist eine ziemlich fettige Angelegenheit.
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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