gamme

\ɡam\

/\ɡam\/ noun

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The verdict

“gamme” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,880) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,880
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gamme · gamme · French

gamme · rank #2,880 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,880
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuite

Nearest frequency peer: fuite (-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 « gamme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « gamme » 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).

gamme vs gare
60% similar
gamme vs gave
60% similar
gamme vs gate
60% similar

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

Key facts for gamme
PropertyValue
Headwordgamme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,880
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « gamme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gammese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fuite » (#2,879), « institution » (#2,881), « Franc » (#2,878). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gamme » est au #2,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for gamme is neighbouring look-alikes ("gare", "gave", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɡam\. Frequency #2,880 among 2,617 “G” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gamme, with forms such as "agmme", "gamem", and "ggamme". 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, "gare", "gave", "gate", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 gamme, spelled G-A-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave.
  3. 3
    Ton du langage.
  4. 4
    Portée.
  5. 5
    Succession de nuances.
  6. 6
    Gamut, succession de tons, de couleurs qui s’harmonisent.
  7. 7
    Ensemble souvent ordonné d’éléments.
  8. 8
    (Par ellipse) : gamme de produits

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Apprendre la gamme. Savoir la gamme.
  2. Je finis par me rendre : un jour, je sus ma gamme ; mais j’eus l’impression d’apprendre les règles d’un jeu, non d’acquérir une connaissance.

Synonyms

assortimentclavierregistresuiteéchelleéventail

This word in other languages

scale(English)escala(Español)Tonleiter(Deutsch)escala(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agmme
  • gamem
  • ggamme
  • gmame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agmme2gamem2ggamme1gmame2
Edit distance from "gamme"

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 "gamme"?
"gamme" is spelled G-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡam\.
What does "gamme" mean?
As a noun, "gamme" means: Ensemble des sept notes principales de la musique disposées selon leur ordre naturel dans l’intervalle d’une octave.
What words are commonly confused with "gamme"?
"gamme" is commonly confused with "gare", "gave", "gate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gamme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamme" is \ɡam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gamme" come from?
"gamme" 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 "gamme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fuite#2,879Franc#2,878degré#2,871repos#2,894

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list