gemmes

\ʒɛm\

/\ʒɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“gemmes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,517
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gemme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gemmes · gemmes · French

gemmes · rank #31,517 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,517
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gemma

Nearest frequency peer: gemma (-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 « gemmes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gemmes » 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).

gemmes vs Gênes
33% similar
gemmes vs gomme
67% similar
gemmes vs gérés
33% similar

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

Key facts for gemmes
PropertyValue
Headwordgemmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,517
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gemmes »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gemma » (#31,516), « GC » (#31,515), « Gayet » (#31,514). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gemmes » est au #31,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gemmes (IPA \ʒɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,517 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gemme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gemmes, with forms such as "egmmes", "gemems", and "gemes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gênes", "gomme", "gérés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gemmes, spelled G-E-M-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gemme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bien que la voix de Dino fût juste et pure, la planète de feu s’en emparait et la sextuplait, avant de la répéter par ses millions de gemmes vivantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egmmes
  • gemems
  • gemes
  • gemmess
  • gemmse
  • ggemmes
  • gmemes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egmmes2gemems2gemes1gemmess1gemmse2ggemmes1gmemes2
Edit distance from "gemmes"

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 "gemmes"?
"gemmes" is spelled G-E-M-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛm\.
What does "gemmes" mean?
As a noun, "gemmes" means: Pluriel de gemme.
What words are commonly confused with "gemmes"?
"gemmes" is commonly confused with "Gênes", "gomme", "gérés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gemmes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gemmes" is \ʒɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gemmes" come from?
"gemmes" 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 "gemmes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garous#31,513ground#31,528gérait#31,530gênait#31,531

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Gayet7 variantsHaddad7 variantsflatte7 variantsferries7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list