gaver
\ɡa.ve\
The verdict
“gaver” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,972
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forcer certaines volailles comme les oies ou les chapons à manger beaucoup, pour les engraisser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaver · gaver · French
gaver · rank #31,972 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,972
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galons
Nearest frequency peer: galons (-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 « gaver »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- froc
froc
68,033 corpus weight
- froment
froment
68,032 corpus weight
- fustige
fustige
68,031 corpus weight
- galons
galons
68,030 corpus weight
- gaver
gaver
68,029 corpus weight
- GIGN
GIGN
68,026 corpus weight
What this shows « gaver » 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 | gaver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡa.ve\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaver »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gaver (IPA \ɡa.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,972 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaver, with forms such as "agver", "gaevr", and "gaverr". 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, "ger", "give", "gaze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gaver, spelled G-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forcer certaines volailles comme les oies ou les chapons à manger beaucoup, pour les engraisser.
- 2Se nourrir avec excès.
- 3Excéder, agacer, importuner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gaver des oies, des pigeons, des ortolans, …
Je suis boulimique, j'absorbe des tonnes de bonbons, je cuisine plein de gâteaux, des puddings, des fars bretons, des gâteaux de riz, plus c'est compact, plus je me gave.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agver
- gaevr
- gaverr
- gavre
- gavver
- ggaver
- gvaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaver - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).