gommer
\ɡɔ.me\
The verdict
“gommer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #34,550 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #34,550
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gommer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.me\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gommer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gommer is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ.me\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,550 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Effacer un écrit au moyen d’une gomme
- 2Atténuer ; rendre moins apparent.
- 3Enduire de gomme.
- 4Enduire de gomme.
- 5Mêler 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.
- 6Appliquer sur le visage un produit nettoyant l’épiderme.
- 7Être gluant, poisser.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “gommer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡɔ.me\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gouter” - see the side-by-side comparison. gommer vs gouter
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.