gazettes
\ɡa.zɛt\
The verdict
“gazettes” is uncommon French (frequency #76,611 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,611
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gazette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gazettes · gazettes · French
gazettes · rank #76,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,611
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gaves
Nearest frequency peer: gaves (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « gazettes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- garnement
garnement
23,396 corpus weight
- gaspacho
gaspacho
23,395 corpus weight
- gaudium
gaudium
23,393 corpus weight
- gaves
gaves
23,391 corpus weight
- gazettes
gazettes
23,390 corpus weight
- gazons
gazons
23,389 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gazettes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gazettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gazettes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gazettes is uncommon French at frequency #76,611 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gazette.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gazettes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gazettes, spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gazette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gazettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gazettes et les journaux accroissent alors leur public parce que leurs lecteurs se co-abonnent à une feuille et la font circuler dans de petites sociétés ou « coteries » de dix, vingt ou trente personnes ; ils peuvent faire encore mieux et louer un local à frais communs, payer le chauffage et l’éclairage, le gardiennage et l’entretien.
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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