gausser
\ɡo.se\
The verdict
“gausser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Utilisé uniquement dans se gausser) Se moquer de quelqu’un ouvertement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gausser · gausser · French
gausser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gausser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡo.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gausser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡo.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Utilisé uniquement dans se gausser) Se moquer de quelqu’un ouvertement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gausser in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gausser, spelled G-A-U-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1(Utilisé uniquement dans se gausser) Se moquer de quelqu’un ouvertement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gausser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet homme du XVIIᵉ siècle […], qui a publié en 1808 un livre où il proposait un plan audacieux de nouvelles relations sexuelles et où il jetait les bases du féminisme moderne, va s'apercevoir qu'il était encore loin d'imaginer le degré de dévergondage que certains milieux pouvaient atteindre, que ses propres nièces, sous des dehors cafards, forment une ba…
Aussi, jadis, quand un étranger arrivait dans une ville de province, était-il gaussé de porte en porte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.