gomme élastique
\ɡɔm e.las.tik\
The verdict
“gomme élastique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom anciennement donné au caoutchouc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gomme-elastique · gomme élastique · French
gomme élastique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gomme élastique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔm e.las.tik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gomme élastique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gomme élastique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔm e.las.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom anciennement donné au caoutchouc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gomme élastique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gomme élastique, spelled G-O-M-M-E- -É-L-A-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom anciennement donné au caoutchouc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gomme élastique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il montrait peu ses gants nettoyés à la gomme élastique.
La formation des adhérences est même plus certaine avec les caustiques qu’avec la sonde à demeure, surtout quand cette sonde est en gomme élastique, comme celle qu’emploie M. Boinel.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.