gap
French, noun
gap is spelled G-A-P (3 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gap is a French masculine noun meaning “gap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, GAP is a different word: “initialism of générateur automatique de programmes; RPG (programming…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans un solide, différence d’énergie entre la bande de conduction et la bande de valence”.
What does gap mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegap
- 2
masculinegap (difference)
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of générateur automatique de programmes; RPG (programming language from IBM)
- 2
masculineabbreviation of glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate; glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (chemical compound)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans un solide, différence d’énergie entre la bande de conduction et la bande de valence. 2. Écart très grand entre deux choses.
noun: 1. Langage de programmation dédié à la gestion. 2. Synonyme de glycéraldéhyde-3-phosphate.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gap
- gaps plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gap in French?
gap appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).