gaucher

Name: gaucher, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡo.ʃe\

/\ɡo.ʃe\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gaucher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,718
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se sert habituellement de la main gauche au lieu de la main droite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaucher · gaucher · French

gaucher · rank #17,718 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #17,718
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH Gaspard

Nearest frequency peer: Gaspard (-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.

galop

82,286
Gas

82,285
Gaspard

82,284
gaucher

82,283
glissant

82,281
glucose

82,280

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

gaucher vs gaucho

71% similar

gaucher vs Gautier

57% similar

gaucher vs gauchos

71% similar

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

Key facts for gaucher
Property	Value
Headword	gaucher
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ɡo.ʃe\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#17,718
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaucher »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gaucherse place ici:

#17,718

#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 « Gaspard » (#17,717), « Gas » (#17,716), « glissant » (#17,720). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaucher » est au #17,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gaucher (IPA \ɡo.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,718 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaucher, with forms such as "agucher", "gacuher", and "gauccher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "gaucho", "Gautier", "gauchos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gaucher, spelled G-A-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Qui se sert habituellement de la main gauche au lieu de la main droite.
2
Qualifie un poisson plat dont les yeux sont disposés à gauche.
3
Qualifie une coquille à enroulement sénestre.
4
Se dit d'un cheval de course qui tourne facilement à gauche, qui est plus à l'aise corde à gauche que corde à droite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Il est aussi notable que les beautés blondes des films d'Hitchcock sont souvent gauchères ; certes Grâce Kelly était droitière, mais Kim Novak (« Vertigo »), Tippy Hedren (« Les oiseaux », « Marnie »), Eva Marie Saint (« La mort aux trousses »), Barbara Harris (« Complot de famille ») sont toutes gauchères ; et Cary Grant, acteur fétiche d'Hitchcock (« So…
Il donna à Lewis [Lewis Carroll] deux frères et huit sœurs. Tous présentaient deux particularité communes, ils étaient bègues et gauchers. Ce bégaiement empêcha Lewis de prêcher dans son temple. On peut – si l’on veut ! – trouver là l’origine d’un thème récurrent dans son œuvre, l’inversion, le renversement gauche-droite, avant-après, cause-effet – ainsi…

Antonyms

droitier

This word in other languages

left-handed(English)zurdo(Español)linkshändig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agucher
gacuher
gauccher
gaucehr
gaucherr
gauchher
gauchre
gauhcer
ggaucher
guacher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaucher - 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.

Edit distance from "gaucher"

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 "gaucher"?

"gaucher" is spelled G-A-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡo.ʃe\.

What does "gaucher" mean?

As an adjective, "gaucher" means: Qui se sert habituellement de la main gauche au lieu de la main droite.

What words are commonly confused with "gaucher"?

"gaucher" is commonly confused with "gaucho", "Gautier", "gauchos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gaucher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaucher" is \ɡo.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gaucher" come from?

"gaucher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gaspard#17,717 glucose#17,721 hausses#17,727 Herbert#17,728

Similar misspelling depth

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

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