geste

\ʒɛst\

/\ʒɛst\/ noun

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The verdict

“geste” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,780
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action et mouvement du corps et particulièrement des bras et des mains, action et mouvement employés à signifier quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geste · geste · French

geste · rank #2,780 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,780
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Genève

Nearest frequency peer: Genève (-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 « geste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « geste » 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).

geste vs get
60% similar
geste vs gîte
60% similar
geste vs gets
60% similar

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

Key facts for geste
PropertyValue
Headwordgeste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,780
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « geste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gestese 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 « Genève » (#2,779), « it » (#2,781), « gardien » (#2,778). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « geste » est au #2,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around geste (IPA \ʒɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,780 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for geste, with forms such as "egste", "geset", and "gesste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "get", "gîte", "gets", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is geste, spelled G-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action et mouvement du corps et particulièrement des bras et des mains, action et mouvement employés à signifier quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Mouvements de la tête, du torse, et surtout des bras, comme les pas sont les mouvements des pieds.
  3. 3
    Simple mouvement du bras, ou du corps, de la tête.
  4. 4
    Action, généralement spontanée, et d’ailleurs bonne ou mauvaise, qui frappe l’esprit, qui attire l’attention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un edelweiss séché glissa d’une des enveloppes de rhodoïd et M. Abel le replaça avec des gestes précautionneux sur la photo aux vilaines couleurs qui lui servait de support : sur un vague fond de mosquée, trois militaires en calot et treillis se tenaient par l’épaule.
  2. Pour rendre un discours agréable, Avec le ton de voix le geste est désirable.

Synonyms

acteactionallureconduitedémonstrationmimemimiqueminauderieœuvreposture

This word in other languages

gesture(English)ademán(Español)Gebärde(Deutsch)aceno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egste
  • geset
  • gesste
  • gestte
  • getse
  • ggeste
  • gsete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egste2geset2gesste1gestte1getse2ggeste1gsete2
Edit distance from "geste"

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 "geste"?
"geste" is spelled G-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛst\.
What does "geste" mean?
As a noun, "geste" means: Action et mouvement du corps et particulièrement des bras et des mains, action et mouvement employés à signifier quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "geste"?
"geste" is commonly confused with "get", "gîte", "gets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geste" is \ʒɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geste" come from?
"geste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

juger#2,783enfer#2,775meurt#2,786clubs#2,765

Similar misspelling depth

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

récit7 variantssalles7 variantsbière7 variantsbillet7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list