gaie

\ɡe\

/\ɡe\/ adj

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The verdict

“gaie” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,608) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,608
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaie · gaie · French

gaie · rank #24,608 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,608
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gabonais

Nearest frequency peer: gabonais (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « gaie »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « gaie » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

gaie vs gré
25% similar
gaie vs gif
50% similar
gaie vs gap
50% similar

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

Key facts for gaie
PropertyValue
Headwordgaie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,608
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « gaie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gaiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gabonais » (#24,607), « galettes » (#24,609), « garce » (#24,610). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaie » est au #24,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for gaie is neighbouring look-alikes ("gré", "gif", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ɡe\. Frequency #24,608 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de gai.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaie, with forms such as "agie", "gaei", and "ggaie". 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, "gré", "gif", "gap", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gaie, spelled G-A-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de gai.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tout en procédant à sa toilette, elle parle toute seule, bavarde, gaie, animée, à cause qu’on est encore au printemps de la journée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agie
  • gaei
  • ggaie
  • giae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agie2gaei2ggaie1giae2
Edit distance from "gaie"

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 "gaie"?
"gaie" is spelled G-A-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡe\.
What does "gaie" mean?
As an adjective, "gaie" means: Féminin singulier de gai.
What words are commonly confused with "gaie"?
"gaie" is commonly confused with "gré", "gif", "gap". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gaie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaie" is \ɡe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaie" come from?
"gaie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gina#24,613fail#24,588even#24,583lies#24,660

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list