game

\ɡɛjm\

/\ɡɛjm\/ noun

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The verdict

“game” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,997) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,997
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu, match, partie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-game · game · French

game · rank #3,997 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,997
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fenêtres

Nearest frequency peer: fenêtres (-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 « game »

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

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « game » 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).

game vs GM
0% similar
game vs gré
25% similar
game vs gym
50% similar

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

Key facts for game
PropertyValue
Headwordgame
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛjm\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,997
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « game »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gamese 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 « fenêtres » (#3,996), « géant » (#3,998), « fantastique » (#3,995). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « game » est au #3,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for game is neighbouring look-alikes ("GM", "gré", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɡɛjm\. Frequency #3,997 among 2,617 “G” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for game, with forms such as "agme", "gaem", and "ggame". 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, "GM", "gré", "gym", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is game, spelled G-A-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu, match, partie.
  2. 2
    Partie sur un jeu vidéo en ligne.
  3. 3
    Situation (non sportive) vue sous l’angle des règles et des contraintes.
  4. 4
    Situation où personne adopte une attitude trompeuse ou perverse pour atteindre un but.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les games d’hockey sur le parking dans la cour du palais de justice.
  2. Je vous ai à l’œil tous les trois, la plus petite affaire p’is je vous sors de la game tous les trois !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agme
  • gaem
  • ggame
  • gmae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of game - 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.

agme2gaem2ggame1gmae2
Edit distance from "game"

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

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

Same letter count

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

mike#4,004real#4,016abbé#3,973subi#4,024

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list