gaude
\ɡod\
The verdict
“gaude” is uncommon French (frequency #63,017 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,017
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réséda des teinturiers (Reseda luteola) dont on se servait autrefois pour teindre en jaune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaude · gaude · French
gaude · rank #63,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,017
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galactic
Nearest frequency peer: galactic (-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 « gaude »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Félicie
Félicie
36,987 corpus weight
- galactic
galactic
36,985 corpus weight
- gaude
gaude
36,984 corpus weight
- geller
geller
36,983 corpus weight
- gentiane
gentiane
36,982 corpus weight
- gentrificat…
gentrification
36,981 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gaude » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡod\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gaude » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gaude is uncommon French at frequency #63,017 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡod\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gaude doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gaude, spelled G-A-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Réséda des teinturiers (Reseda luteola) dont on se servait autrefois pour teindre en jaune.
- 2Sorte de bouillie qu’on fait avec la farine du maïs ou blé de Turquie. On l’emploie souvent au pluriel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gaude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un plat de gaudes.
Les plus beaux fruits se vendent à la ville, et le produit sert à distribuer à chacune des femmes les moins aisées de l’endroit quelques bichets de farine de maïs qu’on ne leur donne pas comme une aumône, mais dont on leur montre à faire des gaudes et des galettes.
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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