gladiator

\gla.ðja.ˈtu\

/\gla.ðja.ˈtu\/ noun

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The verdict

“gladiator” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,917
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gladiator · gladiator · French

gladiator · rank #47,917 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,917
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gj

Nearest frequency peer: gj (-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 « gladiator »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gladiator » 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).

gladiator vs gladiateur
80% similar

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

Key facts for gladiator
PropertyValue
Headwordgladiator
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\gla.ðja.ˈtu\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,917
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gladiator »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gladiatorse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gj » (#47,916), « GNL » (#47,918), « gicler » (#47,915). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gladiator » est au #47,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around gladiator (IPA \gla.ðja.ˈtu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,917 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gladiateur, belluaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gladiator, with forms such as "galdiator", "ggladiator", and "gladaitor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gladiateur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gladiator, spelled G-L-A-D-I-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gladiateur, belluaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • galdiator
  • ggladiator
  • gladaitor
  • gladdiator
  • gladiaotr
  • gladiatorr
  • gladiatro
  • gladiattor
  • gladitaor
  • glaidator
  • gldaiator
  • glladiator
  • lgadiator

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

galdiator2ggladiator1gladaitor2gladdiator1gladiaotr2gladiatorr1gladiatro2gladiattor1
Edit distance from "gladiator"

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 "gladiator"?
"gladiator" is spelled G-L-A-D-I-A-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \gla.ðja.ˈtu\.
What does "gladiator" mean?
As a noun, "gladiator" means: Gladiateur, belluaire.
What words are commonly confused with "gladiator"?
"gladiator" is commonly confused with "gladiateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gladiator"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gladiator" is \gla.ðja.ˈtu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gladiator" come from?
"gladiator" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gargantua#47,912gagnerais#47,909frappeurs#47,905géorgiens#47,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list