gastéropodes

\ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\

/\ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\/ noun

The verdict

“gastéropodes” is uncommon French (frequency #61,558 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,558
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordre de la classe des mollusques (nom scientifique Gastropoda), comprenant des animaux qui se déplacent en rampant sur leur ventre qui est en forme de disque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gasteropodes · gastéropodes · French

gastéropodes · rank #61,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,558
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garza

Nearest frequency peer: garza (-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 « gastéropodes »

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 « gastéropodes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gastéropodes
PropertyValue
Headwordgastéropodes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gastéropodes » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « garza » (#61,557), « gaya » (#61,559), « garbo » (#61,556). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gastéropodes » est au #61,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gastéropodes is uncommon French at frequency #61,558 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ordre de la classe des mollusques (nom scientifique Gastropoda), comprenant des animaux qui se déplacent en rampant sur leur ventre qui est en forme de disque.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gastéropodes, 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 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 gastéropodes, spelled G-A-S-T-É-R-O-P-O-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordre de la classe des mollusques (nom scientifique Gastropoda), comprenant des animaux qui se déplacent en rampant sur leur ventre qui est en forme de disque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les limaces, les escargots sont des gastéropodes.

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 "gastéropodes"?
"gastéropodes" is spelled G-A-S-T-É-R-O-P-O-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\.
What does "gastéropodes" mean?
As a noun, "gastéropodes" means: Ordre de la classe des mollusques (nom scientifique Gastropoda), comprenant des animaux qui se déplacent en rampant sur leur ventre qui est en forme de disque.
How do you pronounce "gastéropodes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gastéropodes" is \ɡas.te.ʁɔ.pɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gastéropodes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gastéropodes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list