garces
\ɡaʁs\
The verdict
“garces” is uncommon French (frequency #51,492 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,492
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de garce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garces · garces · French
garces · rank #51,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,492
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH Garges
Nearest frequency peer: Garges (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “garces”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gabegie
gabegie
48,513 corpus weight
- Gabriele
Gabriele
48,512 corpus weight
- Gaillac
Gaillac
48,511 corpus weight
- garces
garces
48,509 corpus weight
- Garges
Garges
48,508 corpus weight
- ghali
ghali
48,506 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “garces” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garces” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
garces is uncommon French at frequency #51,492 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de garce.".
Zero misspellings are on record for garces in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is garces, spelled G-A-R-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.