ganz
\ɡant͡s\
The verdict
“ganz” is an uncommon French word, ranked #60,040 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,040
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entier, entière.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡant͡s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ganz” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ganz is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡant͡s\. Corpus data places it at rank #60,040 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
ganz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ganz, spelled G-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Entier, entière.
- 2Entier, se dit des nombres composés d’une ou plusieurs unités.
- 3Tous, toutes les.
- 4Intact, qui n'est pas cassé ou abîmé.
- 5Grand.
- 6Qualifie le chiffre suivant comme petit ou moindre.
- 7Qualifie le pluriel suivant comme une quantité importante.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “ganz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡant͡s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.