gagner
\ɡa.ɲe\
The verdict
“gagner” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #822
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acquérir par son travail, par son initiative ou par l’effet des circonstances, du hasard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gagner · gagner · French
gagner · rank #822 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #822
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH faisant
Nearest frequency peer: faisant (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gagner”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entendu
entendu
99,181 corpus weight
- faisant
faisant
99,180 corpus weight
- gagner
gagner
99,179 corpus weight
- honneur
honneur
99,178 corpus weight
- journal
journal
99,177 corpus weight
- matière
matière
99,176 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gagner” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Où “gagner” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around gagner (IPA \ɡa.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #822 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gagner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des négociants viennent acheter à Méru les dentelles qu'ils ont commandées à S.-Crépin, à Valdampierre, à Lormaison, à Corbeil-Cerf, au Déluge, à Montherlant, à la Villeneuve-le-Roi. Les femmes gagnent par jour 10 à 12 sous; quelques unes sont payées 15 sous.
[…], je me demande un peu s’ils sont contents de nourrir le père et la mère, quand ils ne gagnent seulement pas assez pour ribotter tout leur content.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gagner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "gagner" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "garer". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #822 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.