gabelle
\ɡa.bɛl\
The verdict
“gabelle” is uncommon French (frequency #53,366 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,366
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impôt indirect, prélevé notamment sur des articles de la production industrielle ou agricole en France durant le Moyen Âge et l'Ancien Régime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gabelle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gabelle is uncommon French at frequency #53,366 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gabelle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gabelle, spelled G-A-B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Impôt indirect, prélevé notamment sur des articles de la production industrielle ou agricole en France durant le Moyen Âge et l'Ancien Régime.
- 2En particulier impôt sur le sel en France qui prit une importance croissante dans l’histoire fiscale en France durant le Moyen Âge et l’Ancien Régime.
- 3Grenier où l’on vendait le sel.
- 4Le service fiscal chargé de percevoir les taxes.
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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Using “gabelle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-B-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.bɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.