gâteux
\ɡɑ.tø\
The verdict
“gâteux” is uncommon French (frequency #70,693 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,693
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui retombe en enfance, devient sénile, radote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gateux · gâteux · French
gâteux · rank #70,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,693
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guettait
Nearest frequency peer: guettait (-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 « gâteux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- griot
griot
29,312 corpus weight
- grêles
grêles
29,310 corpus weight
- guettait
guettait
29,309 corpus weight
- gâteux
gâteux
29,308 corpus weight
- géostationn…
géostationnaire
29,307 corpus weight
- Haenel
Haenel
29,305 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gâteux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gâteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡɑ.tø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gâteux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gâteux is uncommon French at frequency #70,693 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡɑ.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gâteux in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gâteux, spelled G-Â-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui retombe en enfance, devient sénile, radote.
- 2Qui est aveuglé par des sentiments d’adoration.
- 3Qui souffre d’incontinence urinaire ou fécale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gâteux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ribadier, se levant. — Une lettre pour le président de mon Cercle ! C’est lui qui sera mon second témoin. Thommereux, se levant. — Ah ! Ribadier. — Oui ! Il est un peu gâteux… mais enfin, tu sais, il est président ! tu vas me faire le plaisir d’aller le trouver…
Oui! Affolés, terrorisés, paniqués par un bilboquet!! Tu te rends compte? Ils sont gâteux! Bah! Viens ici…
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.
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