gavée
\ɡa.ve\
The verdict
“gavée” is uncommon French (frequency #82,983 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,983
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de gaver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gavee · gavée · French
gavée · rank #82,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,983
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH gasconne
Nearest frequency peer: gasconne (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gavée”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gardèrent
gardèrent
17,021 corpus weight
- garson
garson
17,020 corpus weight
- gasconne
gasconne
17,019 corpus weight
- gavée
gavée
17,018 corpus weight
- gazaouis
gazaouis
17,017 corpus weight
- Geddes
Geddes
17,016 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gavée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gavée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡa.ve\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gavée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gavée is uncommon French at frequency #82,983 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡa.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de gaver.".
gavée has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gavée, spelled G-A-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Participe passé féminin singulier de gaver.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gavée", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.