gâteaux

\ɡɑ.to\

/\ɡɑ.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“gâteaux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,551
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gâteau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gateaux · gâteaux · French

gâteaux · rank #8,551 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,551
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guerriers

Nearest frequency peer: guerriers (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gâteaux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gâteaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gâteaux vs gazeux
57% similar
gâteaux vs gémeaux
71% similar
gâteaux vs gâteau
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gâteaux
PropertyValue
Headwordgâteaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ.to\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,551
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gâteaux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gâteauxse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « guerriers » (#8,550), « géniale » (#8,552), « Gordon » (#8,549). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gâteaux » est au #8,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gâteaux (IPA \ɡɑ.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,551 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gâteau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gâteaux, with forms such as "gateaux", "ggâteaux", and "gtâeaux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gazeux", "gémeaux", "gâteau", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 gâteaux, spelled G-Â-T-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gâteau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Végétariens et végétaliens seront heureux d’apprendre que les veloutés, gâteaux et la plupart des wraps sont réalisés avec des ingrédients d’origine végétale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gateaux
  • ggâteaux
  • gtâeaux
  • gâetaux
  • gâtaeux
  • gâteauxx
  • gâteaxu
  • gâteuax
  • gâtteaux
  • âgteaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gâteaux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gateaux1ggâteaux1gtâeaux2gâetaux2gâtaeux2gâteauxx1gâteaxu2gâteuax2
Edit distance from "gâteaux"

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 "gâteaux"?
"gâteaux" is spelled G-Â-T-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ.to\.
What does "gâteaux" mean?
As a noun, "gâteaux" means: Pluriel de gâteau.
What words are commonly confused with "gâteaux"?
"gâteaux" is commonly confused with "gazeux", "gémeaux", "gâteau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gâteaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gâteaux" is \ɡɑ.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gâteaux" come from?
"gâteaux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

géniale#8,552honteux#8,557entrant#8,542informe#8,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

honneurs10 variantsLisbonne10 variantsnotable10 variantsopposent10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list