GB

\ɡʁo bwa\

/\ɡʁo bwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“GB” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,635) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,635
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gb · GB · French

GB · rank #15,635 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,635
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fossile

Nearest frequency peer: fossile (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “GB”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “GB” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

GB vs go
0% similar
GB vs GR
50% similar
GB vs GT
50% similar

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

Key facts for GB
PropertyValue
HeadwordGB
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁo bwa\
Letters2
Frequency rank#15,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “GB” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).GBse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fossile » (#15,634), « ghost » (#15,636), « formées » (#15,633). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for GB is neighbouring look-alikes ("go", "GR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɡʁo bwa\. Frequency #15,635 among 2,617 “G” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for GB in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "GR", "GT", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 GB, spelled G-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gros bois.
  2. 2
    (par abréviation) Gang-bang.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Deux peuplements de même type 50, l’un avec 20 % de PB, 68 % BM et 12% de GB et l’autre avec 75 % PB, 13 % BM et 12 % de GB, ne doivent pas être ramenés au même capital après coupe : l’un est majoritairement composé de PB, l’autre de BM.

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 "GB"?
"GB" is spelled G-B. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁo bwa\.
What does "GB" mean?
As a noun, "GB" means: Gros bois.
What words are commonly confused with "GB"?
"GB" is commonly confused with "go", "GR", "GT". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "GB"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "GB" is \ɡʁo bwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "GB" come from?
"GB" 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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  • "GB" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "go". View pair
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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list