gestes

\ʒɛst\

/\ʒɛst\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“gestes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,763
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gestes · gestes · French

gestes · rank #4,763 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,763
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gain

Nearest frequency peer: gain (-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 « gestes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gestes » 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).

gestes vs gets
67% similar
gestes vs gîtes
67% similar
gestes vs gosses
67% similar

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

Key facts for gestes
PropertyValue
Headwordgestes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛst\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,763
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gestes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gestesse 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 « gain » (#4,762), « grandi » (#4,764), « futurs » (#4,761). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gestes » est au #4,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gestes (IPA \ʒɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,763 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de geste.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestes, with forms such as "egstes", "gesets", and "gesstes". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gets", "gîtes", "gosses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 gestes, spelled G-E-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de geste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y avait, dans les charcuteries, des filles charnues qui traitaient la vie comme une danse; elles honoraient les pâtés de gestes rituels, de caresses douillettes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egstes
  • gesets
  • gesstes
  • gestess
  • gestse
  • gesttes
  • getses
  • ggestes
  • gsetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egstes2gesets2gesstes1gestess1gestse2gesttes1getses2ggestes1
Edit distance from "gestes"

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 "gestes"?
"gestes" is spelled G-E-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛst\.
What does "gestes" mean?
As a noun, "gestes" means: Pluriel de geste.
What words are commonly confused with "gestes"?
"gestes" is commonly confused with "gets", "gîtes", "gosses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gestes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestes" is \ʒɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestes" come from?
"gestes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

grandi#4,764futurs#4,761Figaro#4,759fermée#4,758

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

dragon9 variantsmesurer9 variantsplacée9 variantspromet9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list