gemme

/\ʒɛm\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,963

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gemme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pierre fine, pierre précieuse, pierre ornementale ou synthétique répondant à des critères de dureté, d’éclat, de couleur et de transparence. Pronounced \ʒɛm\. Often confused with gène and gere.

Key facts for gemme
PropertyValue
Headwordgemme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,963
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gemme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gemme is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,963 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gemme, with forms such as "egmme", "geme", and "gemem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gène", "gere", "genre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gemme, spelled G-E-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pierre fine, pierre précieuse, pierre ornementale ou synthétique répondant à des critères de dureté, d’éclat, de couleur et de transparence.
  2. 2
    Suc résineux du pin recueilli par entaille pratiquée dans le tronc.
  3. 3
    Bourgeon.
  4. 4
    Excroissance charnue qui se forme sur le corps de certains animaux, tels que les polypes.
  5. 5
    Nom donné dans les armoiries à la résine du même nom quand un meuble y fait référence (pin, pot…). Elle est généralement d’argent mais on doit le préciser dans le blasonnement. Ce terme est employé quand la résine est représentée coulante. Elle est alors dite dégoulinante. Elle est figurée sous la forme de coulures. Il y a une sorte de dynamique dans la gemme qui n’apparait pas pour la résine seule (statique, figé).
  6. 6
    Artefact dématérialisé vendu dans un but ludique.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egmme,geme,gemem,ggemme,gmeme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gemme

Misspelling Variants of "gemme"

egmme5geme4gemem5ggemme6gmeme5
Misspelling Variants of "gemme"

Frequency rank: #35,963 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gemme"?
"gemme" is spelled G-E-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛm\.
What does "gemme" mean?
As a noun, "gemme" means: Pierre fine, pierre précieuse, pierre ornementale ou synthétique répondant à des critères de dureté, d’éclat, de couleur et de transparence.
What words are commonly confused with "gemme"?
"gemme" is commonly confused with "gène", "gere", "genre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gemme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gemme" is \ʒɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gemme" come from?
"gemme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.