gastéropode
\ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\
The verdict
“gastéropode” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Membre d’une importante classe d’animaux de l’embranchement des mollusques, devenus asymétriques par suite de la torsion et de l’enroulement de leur masse viscérale, dont la tête comporte des tenta...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastéropode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gastéropode” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gastéropode is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membre d’une importante classe d’animaux de l’embranchement des mollusques, devenus asymétriques par suite de la torsion et de l’enroulement de leur masse viscérale, dont la tête comporte des tenta...".
Zero misspellings are on record for gastéropode in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gastéropode, spelled G-A-S-T-É-R-O-P-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Membre d’une importante classe d’animaux de l’embranchement des mollusques, devenus asymétriques par suite de la torsion et de l’enroulement de leur masse viscérale, dont la tête comporte des tentacules avec des yeux et une radula, dont le pied est aplati en une sole ventrale de reptation, dont le manteau est dorsal et dont la coquille, si elle est présente, est univalve.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gastéropode”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-A-S-T-É-R-O-P-O-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.