gaufre

/\ɡofʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,900

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

gaufre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Gâteau de cire des abeilles. Pronounced \ɡofʁ\. Often confused with guère and gaule.

Key facts for gaufre
PropertyValue
Headwordgaufre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡofʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,900
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gaufre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gaufre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡofʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,900 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for gaufre, with forms such as "agufre", "gafure", and "gaufer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "guère", "gaule", "Gaulle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gaufre, spelled G-A-U-F-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gâteau de cire des abeilles.
  2. 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. 3
    Disposition présentant des figures empreintes à l’aide de fers sur une étoffe, sur du papier.
  4. 4
    Coup de poing

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agufre,gafure,gaufer,gauffre,gaufrre,gaurfe,ggaufre,guafre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gaufre

Misspelling Variants of "gaufre"

agufre6gafure6gaufer6gauffre7gaufrre7gaurfe6ggaufre7guafre6
Misspelling Variants of "gaufre"

Frequency rank: #42,900 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.