gast

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The verdict

“gast” is uncommon French (frequency #69,865 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,865
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juron équivalant à putain, qui traduit la colère, la joie, la peur, l’indignation ou l’étonnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gast · gast · French

gast · rank #69,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,865
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gaubert

Nearest frequency peer: Gaubert (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gast »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gast » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gast
PropertyValue
Headwordgast
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#69,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gast » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gasttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Gaubert » (#69,866), « generalitat » (#69,867), « Genesio » (#69,868). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gast » est au #69,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gast is uncommon French at frequency #69,865 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juron équivalant à putain, qui traduit la colère, la joie, la peur, l’indignation ou l’étonnement.".

gast has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gast, spelled G-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juron équivalant à putain, qui traduit la colère, la joie, la peur, l’indignation ou l’étonnement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gast, avec la boucaille il y a intérêt à dropper. Tu pars de la boulangerie avec du pain, et tu arrives ici avec de la soupe !
  2. Gast! Cela vous faisait une grosse boule de feu!

This word in other languages

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 "gast"?
"gast" is spelled G-A-S-T.
What does "gast" mean?
As an interjection, "gast" means: Juron équivalant à putain, qui traduit la colère, la joie, la peur, l’indignation ou l’étonnement.
What language does "gast" come from?
"gast" 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 "gast", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list