gagner
\ɡa.ɲe\
The verdict
“gagner” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #822 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #822
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acquérir par son travail, par son initiative ou par l’effet des circonstances, du hasard.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gagner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡa.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gagner” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gagner is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡa.ɲe\. Corpus data places it at rank #822 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gagner, with forms such as "aggner", "gagenr", and "gaggner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "garer", "gamer", "gaine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gagner, spelled G-A-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Acquérir par son travail, par son initiative ou par l’effet des circonstances, du hasard.
- 2Obtenir un profit financier.
- 3Percevoir, en parlant des gains que l’on fait au jeu, aux loteries ou dans un tirage financier.
- 4Être le vainqueur d’un autre joueur.
- 5Obtenir, remporter quelque chose que l’on désire.
- 6Subir un désagrément, un désavantage.
- 7Remporter un avantage dans une lutte ou un débat quelconque. — Note d’usage : Alors le complément direct indique l’espèce de lutte ou de débat.
- 8Avoir gain de cause, même quand il ne s’agit pas d’une affaire portée devant les juges.
- 9Acquérir, en parlant des avantages, des qualités, qu’une personne ou qu’une chose acquiert.
- 10Se concilier, se rendre favorable.
- 11Se diriger vers un endroit, et y arriver, y parvenir.
- 12S’étendre, se propager, en parlant de choses qui progressent.
- 13Rejoindre ; rattraper.
- 14Se diriger vers.
- 15Procurer un gain à son détenteur, en parlant des gains que l’on fait au jeu, aux loteries ou dans un tirage financier.
- 16Acquérir, en parlant des avantages, des qualités, qu’une personne ou qu’une chose acquiert.
- 17Mériter.
- 18Atteindre en parlant des besoins, des maux qui se font sentir par degrés, et, par extension en parlant de sentiments pesants.
- 19Se communiquer, se propager, en parlant de maladies.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aggner,gagenr,gaggner,gagnerr,gagnner,gagnre,ganger,ggagner,gganer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gagner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gagner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-G-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.ɲe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “garer” - see the side-by-side comparison. gagner vs garer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.