garce

\ɡaʁs\

/\ɡaʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“garce” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,610
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille ou femme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-garce · garce · French

garce · rank #24,610 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,610
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH galettes

Nearest frequency peer: galettes (-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 « garce »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « garce » 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).

garce vs gré
40% similar
garce vs GRC
0% similar
garce vs gars
60% similar

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

Key facts for garce
PropertyValue
Headwordgarce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,610
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « garce »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).garcese 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 « galettes » (#24,609), « gaulliste » (#24,611), « gaie » (#24,608). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « garce » est au #24,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around garce (IPA \ɡaʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,610 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for garce, with forms such as "agrce", "gacre", and "garcce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "GRC", "gars", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is garce, spelled G-A-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fille ou femme.
  2. 2
    Fille ou femme débauchée.
  3. 3
    Fille ou femme méchante ou désagréable.
  4. 4
    En apposition , donne une forte charge négative au substantif auquel il s’appose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une fameuse garce, est un éloge peu compris que recueillit Mme de Stael dans un petit canton du Vendomois, où elle passa quelques jours d’exil.
  2. C’est un affineur de Lyon, fort débauché, qui emmena d’ici Lyon quand et soi une belle garce qui lui a bien mangé du bien.

Synonyms

femmeprostituéeputain

This word in other languages

slut(English)perra(Español)Schlampe(Deutsch)puta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrce
  • gacre
  • garcce
  • garec
  • garrce
  • ggarce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garce - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agrce2gacre2garcce1garec2garrce1ggarce1
Edit distance from "garce"

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 "garce"?
"garce" is spelled G-A-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁs\.
What does "garce" mean?
As a noun, "garce" means: Fille ou femme.
What words are commonly confused with "garce"?
"garce" is commonly confused with "gré", "GRC", "gars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garce" is \ɡaʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garce" come from?
"garce" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

grill#24,616foute#24,598emery#24,573Josée#24,647

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

illico6 variantseffroi6 variantsmerry6 variantsorion6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list