gaz d’échappement

\gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\

/\gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“gaz d’échappement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gaz brûlés par un véhicule motorisé et ressortant par le pot d’échappement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaz-d-echappement · gaz d’échappement · French

gaz d’échappement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for gaz d’échappement
PropertyValue
Headwordgaz d’échappement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gaz d’échappement » en français

gaz d’échappementreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gaz d’échappement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaz brûlés par un véhicule motorisé et ressortant par le pot d’échappement.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gaz d’échappement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 gaz d’échappement, spelled G-A-Z- -D-’-É-C-H-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gaz brûlés par un véhicule motorisé et ressortant par le pot d’échappement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La Twingo blanche était en effet sagement arrêtée à un feu. Ses lumières de frein colorant le panache de gaz d’échappement d’un rouge sang.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gaz d’échappement"?
"gaz d’échappement" is spelled G-A-Z- -D-’-É-C-H-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\.
What does "gaz d’échappement" mean?
As a noun, "gaz d’échappement" means: Gaz brûlés par un véhicule motorisé et ressortant par le pot d’échappement.
How do you pronounce "gaz d’échappement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaz d’échappement" is \gaz de.ʃap.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaz d’échappement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list