gargouille

\ɡaʁ.ɡuj\

/\ɡaʁ.ɡuj\/ noun

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The verdict

“gargouille” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,674
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’une gouttière ou d’un tuyau par où l’eau tombe, et qui est souvent ornée d’une figure de dragon, de lion ou de quelque autre animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gargouille · gargouille · French

gargouille · rank #49,674 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,674
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Garrido

Nearest frequency peer: Garrido (+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 « gargouille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gargouille » 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).

gargouille vs grouille
80% similar

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

Key facts for gargouille
PropertyValue
Headwordgargouille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaʁ.ɡuj\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,674
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gargouille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gargouillese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Garrido » (#49,675), « gavage » (#49,676), « Gilberto » (#49,678). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gargouille » est au #49,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gargouille (IPA \ɡaʁ.ɡuj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,674 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gargouille, with forms such as "agrgouille", "gagrouille", and "garggouille". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "grouille", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gargouille, spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’une gouttière ou d’un tuyau par où l’eau tombe, et qui est souvent ornée d’une figure de dragon, de lion ou de quelque autre animal.
  2. 2
    Ces figures mêmes.
  3. 3
    Canal ou tuyau destiné à l’écoulement des eaux.
  4. 4
    Conduit qui amène les produits de la combustion dans la cheminée d’un haut fourneau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les gargouilles qui existent encore à l’extérieur indiquent d’une manière certaine que le chemin de ronde supérieur était à ciel ouvert.
  2. Il y eut un orage effroyable à la tombée de la nuit. Et, pendant qu’il tonnait à tout briser, comme si on eût tiré des salves d’artillerie sur le toit de la maison de mon oncle ; pendant que toutes les vieilles gargouilles du village vomissaient de l’eau tourmentée et que des torrents couraient sur les pavés en galets noirs des rues, nous nous étions réfu…

This word in other languages

gargoyle(English)gárgola(Español)Wasserspeier(Deutsch)gárgula(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrgouille
  • gagrouille
  • garggouille
  • gargoiulle
  • gargouile
  • gargouilel
  • gargoulile
  • garguoille
  • garoguille
  • garrgouille
  • ggargouille
  • gragouille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agrgouille2gagrouille2garggouille1gargoiulle2gargouile1gargouilel2gargoulile2garguoille2
Edit distance from "gargouille"

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 "gargouille"?
"gargouille" is spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁ.ɡuj\.
What does "gargouille" mean?
As a noun, "gargouille" means: Partie d’une gouttière ou d’un tuyau par où l’eau tombe, et qui est souvent ornée d’une figure de dragon, de lion ou de quelque autre animal.
What words are commonly confused with "gargouille"?
"gargouille" is commonly confused with "grouille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gargouille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gargouille" is \ɡaʁ.ɡuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gargouille" come from?
"gargouille" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fumisterie#49,666granitique#49,685freudienne#49,662fourniront#49,661

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Gilberto12 variantsfémorale12 variantsformater12 variantshalogène12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list