gazer

\ɡa.ze\

/\ɡa.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“gazer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,476
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvrir d’une gaze.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gazer · gazer · French

gazer · rank #44,476 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,476
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georgina

Nearest frequency peer: Georgina (+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 « gazer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gazer » 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).

gazer vs ger
60% similar
gazer vs gazon
60% similar
gazer vs geler
60% similar

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

Key facts for gazer
PropertyValue
Headwordgazer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡa.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,476
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gazer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gazerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Georgina » (#44,477), « Goldstein » (#44,478), « golem » (#44,479). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gazer » est au #44,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gazer (IPA \ɡa.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,476 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gazer, with forms such as "agzer", "gaezr", and "gazerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ger", "gazon", "geler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 gazer, spelled G-A-Z-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvrir d’une gaze.
  2. 2
    Adoucir, voiler ce qu’il y aurait de trop libre, dissimuler ce qui est indécent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais des spectres près du Gymnase, À deux pas des Variétés, Sans brume ou linceul qui les gaze, Des spectres mouillés et crottés !
  2. Alors, Dutheil raconta, en gazant un peu, à cause de Camille, l’aventure de Delphine et d’un sénateur bien connu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agzer
  • gaezr
  • gazerr
  • gazre
  • gazzer
  • ggazer
  • gzaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gazer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agzer2gaezr2gazerr1gazre2gazzer1ggazer1gzaer2
Edit distance from "gazer"

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 "gazer"?
"gazer" is spelled G-A-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.ze\.
What does "gazer" mean?
As a verb, "gazer" means: Couvrir d’une gaze.
What words are commonly confused with "gazer"?
"gazer" is commonly confused with "ger", "gazon", "geler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gazer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gazer" is \ɡa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gazer" come from?
"gazer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

golem#44,479flame#44,462hayon#44,490Helga#44,491

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fatwa7 variantshuttes7 variantsDinah7 variantsKidal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list