gager

\ɡa.ʒe\

/\ɡa.ʒe\/ verb

The verdict

“gager” is uncommon French (frequency #80,237 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,237
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parier, exprimer un simple avis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gager · gager · French

gager · rank #80,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,237
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gamineries

Nearest frequency peer: gamineries (+1 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 « gager »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gager » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gager
PropertyValue
Headwordgager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡa.ʒe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gager » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gagertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « gamineries » (#80,238), « fulgurantes » (#80,235), « garantes » (#80,239). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gager » est au #80,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gager is uncommon French at frequency #80,237 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡa.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gager, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gager, spelled G-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parier, exprimer un simple avis.
  2. 2
    Déposer quelque chose comme gage qui sera attribué au gagnant dans une contestation.
  3. 3
    Payer par an, par mois pour un service domestique ou autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je gagerais que le chef de la figuration du Châtelet ne me reconnaitrait pas, s'il passait à côté de moi dans la rue, reprit Alain.
  2. — Oh ! je saurai bien te rattraper, lui répondit vivement Ernest. — Je parie que non, reprit aussitôt Charles. — Je gage que si », répliqua Ernest.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gager"?
"gager" is spelled G-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.ʒe\.
What does "gager" mean?
As a verb, "gager" means: Parier, exprimer un simple avis.
How do you pronounce "gager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gager" is \ɡa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gager" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gager", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list