gadoue
\ɡa.du\
The verdict
“gadoue” is uncommon French (frequency #82,057 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,057
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matière fécale tirée des fosses d’aisances dont on se sert comme engrais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gadoue · gadoue · French
gadoue · rank #82,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,057
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH fustigent
Nearest frequency peer: fustigent (-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 « gadoue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fumants
fumants
17,948 corpus weight
- fumigation
fumigation
17,947 corpus weight
- fustigent
fustigent
17,946 corpus weight
- gadoue
gadoue
17,944 corpus weight
- gambier
gambier
17,942 corpus weight
- gana
gana
17,941 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gadoue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gadoue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.du\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gadoue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gadoue is uncommon French at frequency #82,057 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.du\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gadoue, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 gadoue, spelled G-A-D-O-U-E.
Definition
- 1Matière fécale tirée des fosses d’aisances dont on se sert comme engrais.
- 2Boues et immondices des rues, ordures, qui sont employées comme engrais.
- 3Boue, terre humide.
- 4Neige sale à moitié fondue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gadoue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu es un peu jeune, mon petit gars, pour nous mettre le nez dans la gadoue, à nous, les vieux.
Dans certaines régions, notamment dans le nord de la France, les matières de vidange sont fréquemment employées pour la fertilisation du sol ; on leur donne le nom d’engrais flamand, courte-graisse ou gadoue.
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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