gadouille
\ɡa.duj\
The verdict
“gadouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de gadoue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gadouille · gadouille · French
gadouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | gadouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.duj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gadouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gadouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.duj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de gadoue.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gadouille, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gadouille, spelled G-A-D-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de gadoue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gadouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous pouvions tout nous permettre ; faire les pires bêtises, traverser la gadouille et le gel de l’hiver – par la vertu de ce point fixe, immuable, qui était notre cahier.
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.