gaspiller

\ɡas.pi.je\

/\ɡas.pi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“gaspiller” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,961
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépenser ou consommer avec prodigalité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaspiller · gaspiller · French

gaspiller · rank #17,961 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,961
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gigantesques

Nearest frequency peer: gigantesques (+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 « gaspiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gaspiller » 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).

gaspiller vs gaspille
89% similar

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

Key facts for gaspiller
PropertyValue
Headwordgaspiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡas.pi.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,961
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaspiller »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gaspillerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gigantesques » (#17,962), « Glasgow » (#17,963), « glass » (#17,964). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaspiller » est au #17,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gaspiller (IPA \ɡas.pi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,961 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaspiller, with forms such as "agspiller", "gapsiller", and "gasipller". 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", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 gaspiller, spelled G-A-S-P-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dépenser ou consommer avec prodigalité.
  2. 2
    , Perdre une unité mesurable tel le temps, l’argent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pain moisi ou chaumeni était bien souvent réservé aux valets de ferme, et il était plutôt rare de le voir gaspiller...
  2. Il a gaspillé son bien en peu de temps.

This word in other languages

waste(English)desperdiciar(Español)verschwenden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agspiller
  • gapsiller
  • gasipller
  • gaspilelr
  • gaspiler
  • gaspillerr
  • gaspillre
  • gaspliler
  • gasppiller
  • gasspiller
  • ggaspiller
  • gsapiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agspiller2gapsiller2gasipller2gaspilelr2gaspiler1gaspillerr1gaspillre2gaspliler2
Edit distance from "gaspiller"

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 "gaspiller"?
"gaspiller" is spelled G-A-S-P-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.pi.je\.
What does "gaspiller" mean?
As a verb, "gaspiller" means: Dépenser ou consommer avec prodigalité.
What words are commonly confused with "gaspiller"?
"gaspiller" 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 "gaspiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaspiller" is \ɡas.pi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaspiller" come from?
"gaspiller" 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 "gaspiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list