gamelle

/\ɡa.mɛl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,367

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

gamelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de grande marmite qui était en usage sur les vaisseaux, dans les armées et les prisons et dans laquelle plusieurs matelots, soldats ou détenus mangeaient ensemble. Pronounced \ɡa.mɛl\. Often confused with Gaulle and Gazelle.

Key facts for gamelle
PropertyValue
Headwordgamelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.mɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,367
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gamelle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gamelle is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡa.mɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,367 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for gamelle, with forms such as "agmelle", "gaemlle", and "gamele". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Gaulle", "Gazelle", "giselle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gamelle, spelled G-A-M-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de grande marmite qui était en usage sur les vaisseaux, dans les armées et les prisons et dans laquelle plusieurs matelots, soldats ou détenus mangeaient ensemble.
  2. 2
    Écuelle de fer-blanc destinée aux soldats.
  3. 3
    Récipient individuel permettant d'emporter ses repas sur son lieu de travail.
  4. 4
    Récipient divers en terre, en bois ou en fer-blanc ; casserole.
  5. 5
    Écuelle des animaux familiers.
  6. 6
    Table commune des officiers de marine.
  7. 7
    Repas ; bouffe.
  8. 8
    Projecteur au théâtre, en studio etc.
  9. 9
    Chute.
  10. 10
    Échec cuisant.
  11. 11
    Au baby-foot, balle entrée puis ressortie du but.
  12. 12
    Jeu dont le but est de shooter dans un ballon sans être vu par le gardien du ballon.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agmelle,gaemlle,gamele,gamelel,gamlele,gammelle,ggamelle,gmaelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gamelle

Misspelling Variants of "gamelle"

agmelle7gaemlle7gamele6gamelel7gamlele7gammelle8ggamelle8gmaelle7
Misspelling Variants of "gamelle"

Frequency rank: #29,367 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamelle"?
"gamelle" is spelled G-A-M-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.mɛl\.
What does "gamelle" mean?
As a noun, "gamelle" means: Sorte de grande marmite qui était en usage sur les vaisseaux, dans les armées et les prisons et dans laquelle plusieurs matelots, soldats ou détenus mangeaient ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "gamelle"?
"gamelle" is commonly confused with "Gaulle", "Gazelle", "giselle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gamelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamelle" is \ɡa.mɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gamelle" come from?
"gamelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.