gastronome

\ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\

/\ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“gastronome” is uncommon French (frequency #80,240 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,240
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui connaît l’art de faire bonne chère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gastronome · gastronome · French

gastronome · rank #80,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,240
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garantes

Nearest frequency peer: garantes (-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 « gastronome »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gastronome
PropertyValue
Headwordgastronome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,240
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gastronome » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gastronometombe 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: « garantes » (#80,239), « gamineries » (#80,238), « geel » (#80,242). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gastronome » est au #80,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gastronome is uncommon French at frequency #80,240 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gastronome in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gastronome, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui, celle qui connaît l’art de faire bonne chère.
  2. 2
    Qui aime à faire bonne chère.
  3. 3
    Sorte de plat profond, rectangulaire à couvercle, à fond épais, qu'il est possible de mettre dans un four.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur la gauche est l'auberge du Veau qui tette, renommée pour ses pieds de mouton à la poulette, et que les gastronomes ne confondent point avec celle du coin de la rue Saint-Denis, à l'enseigne du Veau qui mange.
  2. Cela m’a paru immonde, ces gens qui attendaient à la porte, figures rouges et massives. Rien de plus bas dans l’échelle humaine que ce qu’on appelle un gastronome en train de faire son voyage gastronomique.

Synonyms

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 "gastronome"?
"gastronome" is spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\.
What does "gastronome" mean?
As a noun, "gastronome" means: Celui, celle qui connaît l’art de faire bonne chère.
How do you pronounce "gastronome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gastronome" is \ɡas.tʁɔ.nɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gastronome" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list