gauge
\ɡoʒ\
The verdict
“gauge” is uncommon French (frequency #97,989 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,989
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de gauger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gauge · gauge · French
gauge · rank #97,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,989
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gasser
Nearest frequency peer: gasser (-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 « gauge »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gallego
gallego
2,016 corpus weight
- gamberger
gamberger
2,015 corpus weight
- gamète
gamète
2,014 corpus weight
- gasser
gasser
2,013 corpus weight
- gauge
gauge
2,012 corpus weight
- geckos
geckos
2,010 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gauge » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gauge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡoʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gauge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gauge is uncommon French at frequency #97,989 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡoʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gauge, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gauge, spelled G-A-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de gauger.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de gauger.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de gauger.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de gauger.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de gauger.
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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