Gaspésie

\ɡas.pe.zi\

/\ɡas.pe.zi\/ name

The verdict

“Gaspésie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,207
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péninsule canadienne située au sud-est du Québec et au nord du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaspesie · Gaspésie · French

Gaspésie · rank #18,207 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,207
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fontenay

Nearest frequency peer: Fontenay (-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 « Gaspésie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gaspésie » 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
Key facts for Gaspésie
PropertyValue
HeadwordGaspésie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡas.pe.zi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,207
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gaspésie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Gaspésiese 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 « Fontenay » (#18,206), « Giscard » (#18,208), « fly » (#18,205). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gaspésie » est au #18,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gaspésie (IPA \ɡas.pe.zi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,207 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Péninsule canadienne située au sud-est du Québec et au nord du Nouveau-Brunswick.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gaspésie, with forms such as "agspésie", "gapsésie", and "gaspesie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Gaspésie, spelled G-A-S-P-É-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Péninsule canadienne située au sud-est du Québec et au nord du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi l’air salin de la Gaspésie t’aurait peut-être consolé. On dirait que cette contrée, forte d’une riche tradition orale, agit comme un fort gaulois et redonne un air de santé à notre culture musicale avec la Bolduc dans les années 50, et ensuite la Piouke, poète et artiste […].
  2. La Gaspésie. Une péninsule au bout de la terre. Baignée par la mer, secouée par le vent.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agspésie
  • gapsésie
  • gaspesie
  • gasppésie
  • gaspséie
  • gaspéise
  • gaspései
  • gaspéssie
  • gasspésie
  • gasépsie
  • ggaspésie
  • gsapésie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agspésie2gapsésie2gaspesie1gasppésie1gaspséie2gaspéise2gaspései2gaspéssie1
Edit distance from "Gaspésie"

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 "Gaspésie"?
"Gaspésie" is spelled G-A-S-P-É-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.pe.zi\.
What does "Gaspésie" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gaspésie" means: Péninsule canadienne située au sud-est du Québec et au nord du Nouveau-Brunswick.
What are common misspellings of "Gaspésie"?
Common misspellings include "agspésie", "gapsésie", "gaspesie", "gasppésie", "gaspséie". The correct spelling is "Gaspésie".
How do you pronounce "Gaspésie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gaspésie" is \ɡas.pe.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gaspésie" come from?
"Gaspésie" 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 "Gaspésie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list