gâte-sauce
\ɡat.sos\
The verdict
“gâte-sauce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais cuisinier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gate-sauce · gâte-sauce · French
gâte-sauce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gâte-sauce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡat.sos\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gâte-sauce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡat.sos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gâte-sauce in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gâte-sauce, spelled G-Â-T-E---S-A-U-C-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvais cuisinier.
- 2Genre de marmiton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gâte-sauce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était un ramas de gâte-sauces, d’enfants qui crachaient de la vinaigrette et de vieux chantres qui mitonnaient dans le fourneau de leur gorge une sorte de panade vocale, une vraie bouillie de sons.
Oh ! non ! gémit le gâte-sauce, je n'ai rien fait ! C'est ce monsieur qui est resté ici une semaine et qui donnait de si bons pourboires !
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.