gâteau au fromage
\ɡɑ.to o fʁɔ.maʒ\
The verdict
“gâteau au fromage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gâteau au fromage à la crème ayant un fond de tarte (→ voir cheesecake).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gateau-au-fromage · gâteau au fromage · French
gâteau au fromage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | gâteau au fromage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɑ.to o fʁɔ.maʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gâteau au fromage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɑ.to o fʁɔ.maʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gâteau au fromage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gâteau au fromage, spelled G-Â-T-E-A-U- -A-U- -F-R-O-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Gâteau au fromage à la crème ayant un fond de tarte (→ voir cheesecake).
- 2Dessert au fromage, y compris le tiramisu et les variétés de gâteau compris dans la première définition (le tourteau fromager, le cheesecake).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gâteau au fromage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une recette légère avec ce gâteau au fromage blanc 0% et au citron ! Légèreté et plaisir !
Le gouverneur du Massachusetts Deval Patrick gage des croustilles, des tartes et de la chaudrée de palourdes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre que ce sont les Patriots qui vont remporter le Super Bowl XLVI, alors que le gouverneur de l’État de New York Andrew Cuomo va miser des bagels, du yogourt et du gâteau au fromage que ce seront plutôt les Giants qui vont êt…
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