gazou
\ɡa.zu\
The verdict
“gazou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de kazoo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gazou · gazou · French
gazou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gazou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.zu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gazou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gazou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.zu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de kazoo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gazou, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gazou, spelled G-A-Z-O-U.
Definition
- 1Variante de kazoo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gazou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec mon petit gazou J’ai pas besoin de biniou Ni de pipeau en bambou Car dès que je joue J’ai toujours un succès fou.
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.