gauloise

\ɡo.lwaz\

/\ɡo.lwaz\/ adj

The verdict

“gauloise” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,179
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de gaulois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gauloise · gauloise · French

gauloise · rank #30,179 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,179
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garenne

Nearest frequency peer: garenne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gauloise »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

gauloise vs gauloises
89% similar
gauloise vs gaulois
88% similar
gauloise vs gallois
75% similar

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

Key facts for gauloise
PropertyValue
Headwordgauloise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡo.lwaz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,179
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gauloise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gauloisese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « garenne » (#30,178), « giles » (#30,180), « garderai » (#30,177). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gauloise » est au #30,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gauloise (IPA \ɡo.lwaz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,179 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de gaulois.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gauloise, with forms such as "aguloise", "galuoise", and "gauliose". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gauloises", "gaulois", "gallois", 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 gauloise, spelled G-A-U-L-O-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de gaulois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les habitations sont encore de tradition gauloise, les murs montés à partir de poteaux de bois puis recouverts de terre prélevée sur place.
  2. Il est probable que les deux récits soient issus d’une même source qui jusqu’à présent n’a pas été identifiée. Il est donc difficile de trancher pour savoir si la coutume était gauloise ou massaliote.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aguloise
  • galuoise
  • gauliose
  • gaulloise
  • gauloies
  • gauloisse
  • gaulosie
  • gauolise
  • ggauloise
  • gualoise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gauloise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aguloise2galuoise2gauliose2gaulloise1gauloies2gauloisse1gaulosie2gauolise2
Edit distance from "gauloise"

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 "gauloise"?
"gauloise" is spelled G-A-U-L-O-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡo.lwaz\.
What does "gauloise" mean?
As an adjective, "gauloise" means: Féminin singulier de gaulois.
What words are commonly confused with "gauloise"?
"gauloise" is commonly confused with "gauloises", "gaulois", "gallois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gauloise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gauloise" is \ɡo.lwaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gauloise" come from?
"gauloise" 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 "gauloise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list