gangrène

\ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\

/\ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“gangrène” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,569
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mortification locale des tissus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gangrene · gangrène · French

gangrène · rank #28,569 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,569
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fâcheux

Nearest frequency peer: fâcheux (-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 « gangrène »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gangrène » 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
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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gangrène »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fâcheux » (#28,568), « garda » (#28,570), « furet » (#28,567). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gangrène » est au #28,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around gangrène (IPA \ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,569 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gangrène, with forms such as "agngrène", "gagnrène", and "ganggrène". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gangrène, spelled G-A-N-G-R-È-N-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gangrène gazeuse ou foudroyante, Complication de certaines plaies, surtout des plaies de guerre, consécutive à une infection par — essentiellement — Clostridium perfringens, caractérisée par la mortification des tissus et la production de gaz, dont la marche est rapide et aboutit souvent à la mort.
  2. Il est très possible que cette compression violente ait causé la gangrène et que la patiente en soit morte.

This word in other languages

gangrene(English)gangrena(Español)Gangrän(Deutsch)gangrena(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agngrène
  • gagnrène
  • ganggrène
  • gangrene
  • gangrnèe
  • gangrrène
  • gangrèen
  • gangrènne
  • gangèrne
  • ganngrène
  • ganrgène
  • ggangrène
  • gnagrène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agngrène2gagnrène2ganggrène1gangrene1gangrnèe2gangrrène1gangrèen2gangrènne1
Edit distance from "gangrène"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frégates#28,566Gertrude#28,573Godefroy#28,574génitaux#28,581

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

gastrique13 variantsfavorisée13 variantsharmonies13 variantsidéalisme13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list