Gazelle

\ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\

/\ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\/ noun

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The verdict

“Gazelle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,334
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gazelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gazelle · Gazelle · French

Gazelle · rank #25,334 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,334
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gagna

Nearest frequency peer: gagna (-2 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 « Gazelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gazelle » 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).

Gazelle vs gazole
57% similar
Gazelle vs gazette
57% similar
Gazelle vs gazeuse
57% similar

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

Key facts for Gazelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordGazelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,334
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gazelle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Gazellese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gagna » (#25,332), « glaciaire » (#25,336), « Gaby » (#25,331). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gazelle » est au #25,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Gazelle (IPA \ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,334 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gazelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gazelle, with forms such as "agzelle", "gaezlle", and "gazele". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "gazole", "gazette", "gazeuse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Gazelle, spelled G-A-Z-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gazelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Zu den Fressfeinden der Gazellen gehören Großkatzen wie Löwen oder Geparden.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agzelle
  • gaezlle
  • gazele
  • gazelel
  • gazlele
  • gazzelle
  • ggazelle
  • gzaelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gazelle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agzelle2gaezlle2gazele1gazelel2gazlele2gazzelle1ggazelle1gzaelle2
Edit distance from "Gazelle"

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 "Gazelle"?
"Gazelle" is spelled G-A-Z-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\.
What does "Gazelle" mean?
As a noun, "Gazelle" means: Gazelle.
What words are commonly confused with "Gazelle"?
"Gazelle" is commonly confused with "gazole", "gazette", "gazeuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gazelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gazelle" is \ɡaˈt͡sɛlə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gazelle" come from?
"Gazelle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gruyère#25,341guidées#25,342freeman#25,324Frankie#25,322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

futile8 variantsGrammy8 variantsfoetus8 variantsFabian8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list