Gange

\ɡɑ̃ʒ\

/\ɡɑ̃ʒ\/ name

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The verdict

“Gange” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,305
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleuve qui traverse le nord de l’Inde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gange · Gange · French

Gange · rank #41,305 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,305
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garrison

Nearest frequency peer: garrison (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gange »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

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).

Gange vs gare
40% similar
Gange vs gène
40% similar
Gange vs gant
40% similar

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

Key facts for Gange
PropertyValue
HeadwordGange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡɑ̃ʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,305
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gange »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gangese 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 « garrison » (#41,306), « fédérateur » (#41,303), « germination » (#41,307). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gange » est au #41,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Gange (IPA \ɡɑ̃ʒ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,305 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gange, with forms such as "agnge", "ganeg", and "gangge". 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", "gène", "gant", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Gange, spelled G-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fleuve qui traverse le nord de l’Inde.
  2. 2
    Dieu-fleuve qui lui est associé, dans la mythologie gréco-romaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Pakistan et le nord-ouest de l’Inde dépendent des eaux de l’Indus, le Nord-Est de l’Inde et le Bengladesh des eaux du Brahmapoutre, le Nord de l’Inde des eaux du Gange.

This word in other languages

Ganges(English)Ganges(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnge
  • ganeg
  • gangge
  • gannge
  • ggange
  • gnage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agnge2ganeg2gangge1gannge1ggange1gnage2
Edit distance from "Gange"

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 "Gange"?
"Gange" is spelled G-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃ʒ\.
What does "Gange" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gange" means: Fleuve qui traverse le nord de l’Inde.
What words are commonly confused with "Gange"?
"Gange" is commonly confused with "gare", "gène", "gant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gange" is \ɡɑ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gange" come from?
"Gange" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Fuchs#41,300huées#41,331Erwin#41,277jelly#41,360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

grid6 variantsEdwy6 variantskcal6 variantsdixie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list