gambe
\ɡɑ̃b\
The verdict
“gambe” is uncommon French (frequency #92,770 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,770
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la jambe, encore usité dans le mot viole de gambe. C’est un ancien instrument remplacé par le violoncelle et qu’on tenait comme lui entre les jambes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gambe · gambe · French
gambe · rank #92,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,770
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galvanisés
Nearest frequency peer: galvanisés (-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 « gambe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- galla
galla
7,234 corpus weight
- galvanisés
galvanisés
7,232 corpus weight
- gambe
gambe
7,231 corpus weight
- gaufrier
gaufrier
7,229 corpus weight
- gayant
gayant
7,227 corpus weight
- genin
genin
7,226 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gambe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gambe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɑ̃b\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gambe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gambe is uncommon French at frequency #92,770 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɑ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gambe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gambe, spelled G-A-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la jambe, encore usité dans le mot viole de gambe. C’est un ancien instrument remplacé par le violoncelle et qu’on tenait comme lui entre les jambes.
- 2Abréviation de viole de gambe.
- 3Gambe de revers : Filin dont un bout fait dormant sur le cercle de trélingage et l’autre sert de point d'attache au ridoir d’un hauban de dune ou de perroquet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gambe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il passa en revue le trelingage, et s’assura que la bridure des bas haubans était en bon état et appuyait bien les gambes de hune, précaution d’un homme qui compte faire des témérités de vitesse.
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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