gemma

\ʒɛ.ma\

/\ʒɛ.ma\/ verb

The verdict

“gemma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,516
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de gemmer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gemma · gemma · French

gemma · rank #31,516 · 5 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,516
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH GC

Nearest frequency peer: GC (-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 « gemma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gemma » 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).

gemma vs goma
60% similar
gemma vs gomme
60% similar
gemma vs germe
60% similar

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

Key facts for gemma
PropertyValue
Headwordgemma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒɛ.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,516
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gemma »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gemmase 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 « GC » (#31,515), « gemmes » (#31,517), « Gayet » (#31,514). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gemma » est au #31,516. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around gemma (IPA \ʒɛ.ma\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,516 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de gemmer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gemma, with forms such as "egmma", "gema", and "gemam". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "goma", "gomme", "germe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 gemma, spelled G-E-M-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de gemmer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egmma
  • gema
  • gemam
  • ggemma
  • gmema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gemma - 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.

egmma2gema1gemam2ggemma1gmema2
Edit distance from "gemma"

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 "gemma"?
"gemma" is spelled G-E-M-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛ.ma\.
What does "gemma" mean?
As a verb, "gemma" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de gemmer.
What words are commonly confused with "gemma"?
"gemma" is commonly confused with "goma", "gomme", "germe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gemma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gemma" is \ʒɛ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gemma" come from?
"gemma" 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 "gemma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list