gangrène

/\ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,569

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gangrène is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mortification locale des tissus. Pronounced \ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\.

Key facts for gangrène
PropertyValue
Headwordgangrène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,569
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gangrène is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,569 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for gangrène, with forms such as "agngrène", "gagnrène", and "ganggrène". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 gangrène, spelled G-A-N-G-R-È-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mortification locale des tissus.
  2. 2
    Mal émanant des doctrines pernicieuses, de la corruption des mœurs.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agngrène,gagnrène,ganggrène,gangrene,gangrnèe,gangrrène,gangrèen,gangrènne,gangèrne,ganngrène,ganrgène,ggangrène,gnagrène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gangrène

Misspelling Variants of "gangrène"

agngrène8gagnrène8ganggrène9gangrene8gangrnèe8gangrrène9gangrèen8gangrènne9
Misspelling Variants of "gangrène"

Frequency rank: #28,569 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gangrène"?
"gangrène" is spelled G-A-N-G-R-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\.
What does "gangrène" mean?
As a noun, "gangrène" means: Mortification locale des tissus.
What are common misspellings of "gangrène"?
Common misspellings include "agngrène", "gagnrène", "ganggrène", "gangrene", "gangrnèe". The correct spelling is "gangrène".
How do you pronounce "gangrène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gangrène" is \ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gangrène" come from?
"gangrène" 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.