gamelle
\ɡa.mɛl\
The verdict
“gamelle” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,367 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,367
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamelle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gamelle is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gamelle, with forms such as "agmelle", "gaemlle", and "gamele". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Gaulle", "Gazelle", "giselle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gamelle, spelled G-A-M-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte 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.
- 2Écuelle de fer-blanc destinée aux soldats.
- 3Récipient individuel permettant d'emporter ses repas sur son lieu de travail.
- 4Récipient divers en terre, en bois ou en fer-blanc ; casserole.
- 5Écuelle des animaux familiers.
- 6Table commune des officiers de marine.
- 7Repas ; bouffe.
- 8Projecteur au théâtre, en studio etc.
- 9Chute.
- 10Échec cuisant.
- 11Au baby-foot, balle entrée puis ressortie du but.
- 12Jeu dont le but est de shooter dans un ballon sans être vu par le gardien du ballon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agmelle,gaemlle,gamele,gamelel,gamlele,gammelle,ggamelle,gmaelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gamelle - 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.
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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Using “gamelle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-M-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡa.mɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gaulle” - see the side-by-side comparison. gamelle vs Gaulle
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.