gave

\ɡav\

/\ɡav\/ noun

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The verdict

“gave” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,762
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gave · gave · French

gave · rank #18,762 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,762
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gauchistes

Nearest frequency peer: gauchistes (-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 « gave »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gave » 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).

gave vs gré
25% similar
gave vs gué
25% similar
gave vs gee
50% similar

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

Key facts for gave
PropertyValue
Headwordgave
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡav\
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,762
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gave »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gauchistes » (#18,761), « gifle » (#18,763), « gardienne » (#18,760). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gave » est au #18,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around gave (IPA \ɡav\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,762 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gave, with forms such as "agve", "gaev", and "gavve". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "gué", "gee", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gave, spelled G-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai marché sur d’autres routes et longé le gave courroucé que les rochers divisent.
  2. Et la truite qu’il a vue sauter d’argent sur le gave Et que nul ne verra plus, comment la ravirait-il ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agve
  • gaev
  • gavve
  • ggave
  • gvae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gave - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agve2gaev2gavve1ggave1gvae2
Edit distance from "gave"

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 "gave"?
"gave" is spelled G-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡav\.
What does "gave" mean?
As a noun, "gave" means: Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes.
What words are commonly confused with "gave"?
"gave" is commonly confused with "gré", "gué", "gee". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gave" is \ɡav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gave" come from?
"gave" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gave", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hmmm#18,769fish#18,753laps#18,786leva#18,789

Similar misspelling depth

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

lili5 variantsbatte5 variantsskis5 variantsAlbi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list