gaz poivre
\ɡaz pwavʁ\
The verdict
“gaz poivre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Produit gazeux contenant de la capsaïcine, très irritant pour les yeux, utilisé en vaporisateur pour neutraliser ou éloigner une personne, notamment un agresseur ou un manifestant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaz poivre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaz pwavʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gaz poivre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gaz poivre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaz pwavʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Produit gazeux contenant de la capsaïcine, très irritant pour les yeux, utilisé en vaporisateur pour neutraliser ou éloigner une personne, notamment un agresseur ou un manifestant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gaz poivre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gaz poivre, spelled G-A-Z- -P-O-I-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Produit gazeux contenant de la capsaïcine, très irritant pour les yeux, utilisé en vaporisateur pour neutraliser ou éloigner une personne, notamment un agresseur ou un manifestant.
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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.
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Using “gaz poivre”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-A-Z- -P-O-I-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaz pwavʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.