Gauthier
\ɡo.tje\
The verdict
“Gauthier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,332
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gauthier · Gauthier · French
Gauthier · rank #10,332 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,332
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH féminines
Nearest frequency peer: féminines (-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 « Gauthier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fromages
fromages
89,673 corpus weight
- fusils
fusils
89,672 corpus weight
- féminines
féminines
89,670 corpus weight
- Gauthier
Gauthier
89,669 corpus weight
- grèves
grèves
89,668 corpus weight
- géographiqu…
géographiques
89,667 corpus weight
What this shows « Gauthier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gauthier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡo.tje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gauthier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Gauthier (IPA \ɡo.tje\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,332 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gauthier, with forms such as "aguthier", "gatuhier", and "gauhtier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Gautier", "gaucher", "Galtier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gauthier, spelled G-A-U-T-H-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gauthier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Autour de ses ruches installées dans les jardins familiaux de Kergréis, Pierrick Gauthier capture des quantités impressionnantes de frelons asiatiques.
De son côté, Annie Gauthier, présidente du comité de jumelage, entourée de son conseil d’administration, a dit « le grand plaisir d’accueillir ses amis de Moyenne Franconie à Saint-Robert, après une bien longue période d’interruption en raison de la pandémie ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aguthier
- gatuhier
- gauhtier
- gautheir
- gauthhier
- gauthierr
- gauthire
- gautiher
- gautthier
- ggauthier
- guathier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gauthier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (11 here; floor ≥5).