gingembre

\ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\

/\ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gingembre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,877
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante herbacée vivace originaire d’Inde méridionale de nom scientifique Zingiber officinale qui est cultivée pour son rhizome comestible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gingembre · gingembre · French

gingembre · rank #23,877 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,877
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ginette

Nearest frequency peer: Ginette (-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 « gingembre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gingembre » 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
Key facts for gingembre
PropertyValue
Headwordgingembre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,877
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gingembre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gingembrese 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 « Ginette » (#23,876), « grappe » (#23,878), « Gareth » (#23,875). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gingembre » est au #23,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around gingembre (IPA \ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,877 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gingembre, with forms such as "ggingembre", "gignembre", and "ginegmbre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gingembre, spelled G-I-N-G-E-M-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée vivace originaire d’Inde méridionale de nom scientifique Zingiber officinale qui est cultivée pour son rhizome comestible.
  2. 2
    Rhizome de cette plante, qui est d’un goût épicé et boisé utilisé en médecine et en cuisine.
  3. 3
    Plante du genre Zingiber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le gingembre préfère un sol léger, profond et bien drainé, riche en humus et acide.
  2. Son inspirateur, Bernard Roussel, professeur au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, s’enthousiasme pour «une épice mythique qui allie le goût de poivre à celui de cardamome ; la maniguette est de la famille du gingembre, il y en a plusieurs variétés de par le monde, c'est une des composantes du pastis».

Synonyms

gingembre officinal

This word in other languages

ginger(English)jengibre(Español)Ingwer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggingembre
  • gignembre
  • ginegmbre
  • gingebmre
  • gingembbre
  • gingember
  • gingembrre
  • gingemmbre
  • gingemrbe
  • ginggembre
  • gingmebre
  • ginngembre
  • gnigembre
  • igngembre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggingembre1gignembre2ginegmbre2gingebmre2gingembbre1gingember2gingembrre1gingemmbre1
Edit distance from "gingembre"

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 "gingembre"?
"gingembre" is spelled G-I-N-G-E-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\.
What does "gingembre" mean?
As a noun, "gingembre" means: Plante herbacée vivace originaire d’Inde méridionale de nom scientifique Zingiber officinale qui est cultivée pour son rhizome comestible.
What are common misspellings of "gingembre"?
Common misspellings include "ggingembre", "gignembre", "ginegmbre", "gingebmre", "gingembbre". The correct spelling is "gingembre".
How do you pronounce "gingembre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gingembre" is \ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gingembre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fractions#23,871fanatisme#23,863immaculée#23,893impartial#23,895

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

encadrant14 variantsdésignait14 variantsdémoniaque14 variantsdevenaient14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list