gags

\ɡaɡ\

/\ɡaɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gags” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,821
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gag.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gags · gags · French

gags · rank #27,821 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,821
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gagnantes

Nearest frequency peer: gagnantes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gags »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gags » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gags vs GG
0% similar
gags vs Gs
25% similar
gags vs GPS
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gags
PropertyValue
Headwordgags
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaɡ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#27,821
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gags »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gagsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gagnantes » (#27,820), « félin » (#27,819), « Garibaldi » (#27,823). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gags » est au #27,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gags (IPA \ɡaɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,821 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gag.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gags, with forms such as "aggs", "gaggs", and "gagss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GG", "Gs", "GPS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gags, spelled G-A-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gag.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pierre Richard déteste les gags gratuits, ils doivent être toujours cohérents par rapport à la personnalité du personnage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggs
  • gaggs
  • gagss
  • gasg
  • ggags
  • ggas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gags - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aggs2gaggs1gagss1gasg2ggags1ggas2
Edit distance from "gags"

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 "gags"?
"gags" is spelled G-A-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaɡ\.
What does "gags" mean?
As a noun, "gags" means: Pluriel de gag.
What words are commonly confused with "gags"?
"gags" is commonly confused with "GG", "Gs", "GPS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gags"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gags" is \ɡaɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gags" come from?
"gags" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

feed#27,809lest#27,865doom#27,774mana#27,873

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list