ghetto

\ɡɛ.to\

/\ɡɛ.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“ghetto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,395
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier juif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ghetto · ghetto · French

ghetto · rank #13,395 · 7 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,395
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelée

Nearest frequency peer: gelée (-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 « ghetto »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ghetto » 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).

ghetto vs guetta
67% similar
ghetto vs ghettos
86% similar

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

Key facts for ghetto
PropertyValue
Headwordghetto
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛ.to\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,395
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ghetto »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ghettose 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 « gelée » (#13,394), « gonflé » (#13,396), « fédérations » (#13,393). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « ghetto » est au #13,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ghetto (IPA \ɡɛ.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,395 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 ghetto, with forms such as "gehtto", "gghetto", and "gheto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "guetta", "ghettos", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ghetto, spelled G-H-E-T-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quartier juif.
  2. 2
    Quartier juif.
  3. 3
    Quartier dans lequel se trouve une forte concentration d’une minorité ethnique, culturelle, ou religieuse, par choix ou par contrainte, avec une connotation de difficulté et de ségrégation sociale, voire de réclusion, dans un environnement urbain généralement dégradé.
  4. 4
    État ou lieu d'isolement, de mise à l’écart, dont il est difficile de sortir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Josefov est le ghetto de Prague.
  2. Le ghetto de Varsovie.

Synonyms

callcarrièrejuiverie

This word in other languages

ghetto(English)judería(Español)Getto(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gehtto
  • gghetto
  • gheto
  • ghetot
  • ghhetto
  • ghteto
  • hgetto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ghetto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gehtto2gghetto1gheto1ghetot2ghhetto1ghteto2hgetto2
Edit distance from "ghetto"

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 "ghetto"?
"ghetto" is spelled G-H-E-T-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛ.to\.
What does "ghetto" mean?
As a noun, "ghetto" means: Quartier juif.
What words are commonly confused with "ghetto"?
"ghetto" is commonly confused with "guetta", "ghettos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ghetto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ghetto" is \ɡɛ.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ghetto" come from?
"ghetto" 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 "ghetto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

gonflé#13,396Hannah#13,400Holmes#13,402fasses#13,380

Similar misspelling depth

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

gelée7 variantsforge7 variantslèvre7 variantsMorel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list