gangs

\ɡɑ̃ɡ\

/\ɡɑ̃ɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gangs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,141
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gang.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gangs · gangs · French

gangs · rank #16,141 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,141
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fronts

Nearest frequency peer: fronts (-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 « gangs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gangs » 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).

gangs vs Gas
40% similar
gangs vs gens
60% similar
gangs vs gars
60% similar

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

Key facts for gangs
PropertyValue
Headwordgangs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ̃ɡ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,141
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gangs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gangsse 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 « fronts » (#16,140), « Francine » (#16,139), « grotesque » (#16,143). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gangs » est au #16,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gangs (IPA \ɡɑ̃ɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,141 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gang.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gangs, with forms such as "agngs", "gagns", and "ganggs". 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, "Gas", "gens", "gars", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gangs, spelled G-A-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gang.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le chef de police démissionnaire de Toronto, Mark Saunders, estime qu’il y a dans sa ville plus de 100 gangs criminels.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agngs
  • gagns
  • ganggs
  • gangss
  • ganngs
  • gansg
  • ggangs
  • gnags

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agngs2gagns2ganggs1gangss1ganngs1gansg2ggangs1gnags2
Edit distance from "gangs"

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 "gangs"?
"gangs" is spelled G-A-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃ɡ\.
What does "gangs" mean?
As a noun, "gangs" means: Pluriel de gang.
What words are commonly confused with "gangs"?
"gangs" is commonly confused with "Gas", "gens", "gars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gangs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gangs" is \ɡɑ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gangs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fable#16,129jetez#16,164douai#16,113ledit#16,169

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

foutez8 variantsfoires8 variantsMarty8 variantsclerc8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list