gommer

\ɡɔ.me\

/\ɡɔ.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“gommer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,550
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme

Corpus desk

Index FR-gommer · gommer · French

gommer · rank #34,550 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,550
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glissements

Nearest frequency peer: glissements (-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 « gommer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gommer » 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).

gommer vs gouter
67% similar
gommer vs gosier
67% similar
gommer vs gommes
83% similar

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

Key facts for gommer
PropertyValue
Headwordgommer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡɔ.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,550
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gommer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gommerse 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 « glissements » (#34,549), « gradient » (#34,551), « gifler » (#34,548). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gommer » est au #34,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gommer (IPA \ɡɔ.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,550 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gommer, with forms such as "ggommer", "gmomer", and "gomemr". 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. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gouter", "gosier", "gommes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 gommer, spelled G-O-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme
  2. 2
    Atténuer ; rendre moins apparent.
  3. 3
    Enduire de gomme.
  4. 4
    Enduire de gomme.
  5. 5
    Mêler un peu de gomme à une couleur, afin qu’elle ait plus de corps et qu’elle tienne mieux sur la toile, sur le papier, sur l’ivoire, etc.
  6. 6
    Appliquer sur le visage un produit nettoyant l’épiderme.
  7. 7
    Être gluant, poisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une esquisse au crayon à papier peut facilement être gommé et corrigé.
  2. Gommez vos derniers doutes.

This word in other languages

radieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggommer
  • gmomer
  • gomemr
  • gomer
  • gommerr
  • gommre
  • ogmmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gommer - 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.

ggommer1gmomer2gomemr2gomer1gommerr1gommre2ogmmer2
Edit distance from "gommer"

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 "gommer"?
"gommer" is spelled G-O-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.me\.
What does "gommer" mean?
As a verb, "gommer" means: Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme
What words are commonly confused with "gommer"?
"gommer" is commonly confused with "gouter", "gosier", "gommes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gommer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gommer" is \ɡɔ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gommer" come from?
"gommer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gifler#34,548flying#34,542fixait#34,539ficher#34,538

Similar misspelling depth

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

Hagen7 variantsFallon7 variantsessieux7 variantsDuran7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list