gaussienne
\ɡo.sjɛn\
The verdict
“gaussienne” is uncommon French (frequency #86,738 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,738
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonction mathématique en exponentielle inverse du carré de l’abscisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaussienne · gaussienne · French
gaussienne · rank #86,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,738
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gazage
Nearest frequency peer: gazage (+2 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 « gaussienne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- galions
galions
13,268 corpus weight
- galvanisée
galvanisée
13,267 corpus weight
- gaussienne
gaussienne
13,263 corpus weight
- gazage
gazage
13,261 corpus weight
- gener
gener
13,260 corpus weight
- genere
genere
13,259 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gaussienne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaussienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡo.sjɛn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gaussienne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gaussienne is uncommon French at frequency #86,738 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡo.sjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fonction mathématique en exponentielle inverse du carré de l’abscisse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gaussienne, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gaussienne, spelled G-A-U-S-S-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Fonction mathématique en exponentielle inverse du carré de l’abscisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gaussienne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On utilise une gaussienne dans la loi de probabilité de la loi normale.
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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