gamin

Name: gamin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡa.mɛ̃\

/\ɡa.mɛ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gamin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,850
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans l'industrie du verre, nom donné autrefois au jeune garçon qui aidait le souffleur à cueillir le verre chaud dans le four avec la canne et diverses autres opérations. Dans différents métiers, j...

Corpus desk

Index FR-gamin · gamin · French

gamin · rank #3,850 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,850
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH fédérale

Nearest frequency peer: fédérale (-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.

flics

96,154
fédérale

96,152
gamin

96,151
global

96,150
générales

96,149
hop

96,148

What this shows « gamin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gamin vs Gin

40% similar

gamin vs gan

60% similar

gamin vs gamme

60% similar

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

Key facts for gamin
Property	Value
Headword	gamin
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɡa.mɛ̃\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#3,850
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gamin »

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

#3,850

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fédérale » (#3,849), « global » (#3,851), « générales » (#3,852). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gamin » est au #3,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gamin (IPA \ɡa.mɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,850 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gamin, with forms such as "agmin", "gaimn", and "gaminn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gin", "gan", "gamme", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gamin, spelled G-A-M-I-N.

Definition

1
Dans l'industrie du verre, nom donné autrefois au jeune garçon qui aidait le souffleur à cueillir le verre chaud dans le four avec la canne et diverses autres opérations. Dans différents métiers, jeune garçon servant d'aide ou de commissionaire.
2
Enfant pauvre qui vit dans les rues.
3
Petit garçon ; petite fille. — Note d’usage : Il se dit en particulier des enfants qui passent leur temps à jouer dans les rues.
4
Enfant espiègle et hardi.
5
Personne notablement plus jeune par rapport à une autre.
6
Fils ou fille encore jeune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Pour faire le pied^([du verre]), le gamin, venons-nous de dire, a apporté, au bout de sa cordeline, une nouvelle masse de cristal, que le souffleur a attachée à la coupe.
Il y a beaucoup de variétés dans le genre gamin. Le gamin notaire s’appelle saute-ruisseau, le gamin cuisinier s’appelle marmiton, le gamin boulanger s’appelle mitron, le gamin laquais s’appelle groom, le gamin marin s’appelle mousse, le gamin soldat s’appelle tapin, le gamin peintre s’appelle rapin, le gamin négociant s’appelle trottin, le gamin courtisa…

This word in other languages

urchin(English)chaval(Español)Bengel(Deutsch)moleque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agmin
gaimn
gaminn
gammin
gamni
ggamin
gmain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gamin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "gamin"

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 "gamin"?

"gamin" is spelled G-A-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.mɛ̃\.

What does "gamin" mean?

As a noun, "gamin" means: Dans l'industrie du verre, nom donné autrefois au jeune garçon qui aidait le souffleur à cueillir le verre chaud dans le four avec la canne et diverses autres opérations. Dans différents métiers, j...

What words are commonly confused with "gamin"?

"gamin" is commonly confused with "Gin", "gan", "gamme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gamin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamin" is \ɡa.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gamin" come from?

"gamin" 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 "gamin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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