gommes

/\ɡɔm\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,322

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

gommes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de gomme. Pronounced \ɡɔm\. Often confused with gosses and gorges.

Key facts for gommes
PropertyValue
Headwordgommes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,322
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gommes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gommes is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔm\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,322 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de gomme.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gommes, with forms such as "ggommes", "gmomes", and "gomems". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "gosses", "gorges", "grammes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gommes, spelled G-O-M-M-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gomme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggommes,gmomes,gomems,gommess,gommse,ogmmes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gommes

Misspelling Variants of "gommes"

ggommes7gmomes6gomems6gommess7gommse6ogmmes6
Misspelling Variants of "gommes"

Frequency rank: #39,322 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gommes"?
"gommes" is spelled G-O-M-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔm\.
What does "gommes" mean?
As a noun, "gommes" means: Pluriel de gomme.
What words are commonly confused with "gommes"?
"gommes" is commonly confused with "gosses", "gorges", "grammes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gommes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gommes" is \ɡɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gommes" come from?
"gommes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.