gaspillage

\ɡas.pi.jaʒ\

/\ɡas.pi.jaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“gaspillage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,271
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de gaspiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaspillage · gaspillage · French

gaspillage · rank #14,271 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,271
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garer

Nearest frequency peer: garer (-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 « gaspillage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gaspillage » 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).

gaspillage vs gaspille
80% similar

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

Key facts for gaspillage
PropertyValue
Headwordgaspillage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡas.pi.jaʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,271
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaspillage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gaspillagese 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 « garer » (#14,270), « glacée » (#14,272), « GM » (#14,273). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaspillage » est au #14,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around gaspillage (IPA \ɡas.pi.jaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,271 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de gaspiller.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaspillage, with forms such as "agspillage", "gapsillage", and "gasipllage". 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, "gaspille", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gaspillage, spelled G-A-S-P-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de gaspiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Moi au début, si je me suis tournée vers FeedBack, c'était pour éviter le gaspillage alimentaire et parce qu'ils redonnaient à la communauté, mais aujourd'hui, je pense qu'il y a beaucoup de gens qui le font par nécessité financière", affirme-t-elle.
  2. Tout est au gaspillage dans cette maison.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agspillage
  • gapsillage
  • gasipllage
  • gaspilage
  • gaspilalge
  • gaspillaeg
  • gaspillagge
  • gaspillgae
  • gasplilage
  • gasppillage
  • gasspillage
  • ggaspillage
  • gsapillage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaspillage - 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.

agspillage2gapsillage2gasipllage2gaspilage1gaspilalge2gaspillaeg2gaspillagge1gaspillgae2
Edit distance from "gaspillage"

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 "gaspillage"?
"gaspillage" is spelled G-A-S-P-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.pi.jaʒ\.
What does "gaspillage" mean?
As a noun, "gaspillage" means: Action de gaspiller.
What words are commonly confused with "gaspillage"?
"gaspillage" is commonly confused with "gaspille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gaspillage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaspillage" is \ɡas.pi.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaspillage" come from?
"gaspillage" 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 "gaspillage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list