gaufre

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

\ɡofʁ\

/\ɡofʁ\/ noun

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

The verdict

“gaufre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,900
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gâteau de cire des abeilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaufre · gaufre · French

gaufre · rank #42,900 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,900
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH gardais

Nearest frequency peer: gardais (-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.

fétichiste

57,104
gardais

57,102
gaufre

57,101
gault

57,100
gauss

57,099
Gauvain

57,098

What this shows « gaufre » 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).

gaufre vs guère

67% similar

gaufre vs gaule

67% similar

gaufre vs Gaulle

50% similar

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

Key facts for gaufre
Property	Value
Headword	gaufre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɡofʁ\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#42,900
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaufre »

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

#42,900

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gardais » (#42,899), « gault » (#42,901), « gauss » (#42,902). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaufre » est au #42,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gaufre (IPA \ɡofʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,900 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaufre, with forms such as "agufre", "gafure", and "gaufer". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "guère", "gaule", "Gaulle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 gaufre, spelled G-A-U-F-R-E.

Definition

1
Gâteau de cire des abeilles.
2
Sorte de pâtisserie mince et légère, cuite entre deux fers, et dont la surface présente ordinairement de petits carreaux ou des dessins en relief.
3
Disposition présentant des figures empreintes à l’aide de fers sur une étoffe, sur du papier.
4
Coup de poing

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Et la vanille Bourbon, à la puissance aromatique enivrante, d’anoblir flans, macarons, riz au lait, tartes aux pommes, gaufres, crèmes pâtissières et autres vanillades.
Quand il revint, il disposa devant eux des gaufres gigantesques et dorées, dont les carrés craquants dissimulaient une pâte sucrée, encore tiède et fondante.

Synonyms

gauff’

This word in other languages

waffle(English)barquillo(Español)Waffel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agufre
gafure
gaufer
gauffre
gaufrre
gaurfe
ggaufre
guafre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaufre - 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 "gaufre"

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 "gaufre"?

"gaufre" is spelled G-A-U-F-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡofʁ\.

What does "gaufre" mean?

As a noun, "gaufre" means: Gâteau de cire des abeilles.

What words are commonly confused with "gaufre"?

"gaufre" is commonly confused with "guère", "gaule", "Gaulle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gaufre"?

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

What language does "gaufre" come from?

"gaufre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fécamp#42,896 gazier#42,904 Futuna#42,895 gerbes#42,906

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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