gade
\ɡad\
The verdict
“gade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de poissons osseux qui renferme de nombreuses espèces comestibles telles que lieu jaune ou noir, morue, merlan, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gade · gade · French
gade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡad\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de poissons osseux qui renferme de nombreuses espèces comestibles telles que lieu jaune ou noir, morue, merlan, etc.".
gade has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gade, spelled G-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de poissons osseux qui renferme de nombreuses espèces comestibles telles que lieu jaune ou noir, morue, merlan, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gades appartiennent à la famille des gadidés (Gadidae) et à l'ordre des Gadiformes.
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.