gommeux
\ɡɔ.mø\
The verdict
“gommeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jette de la gomme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gommeux · gommeux · French
gommeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | gommeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.mø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gommeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gommeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡɔ.mø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gommeux, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gommeux, spelled G-O-M-M-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui jette de la gomme.
- 2Qui est ou qui tient de la nature de la gomme.
- 3Qui est prétentieux et d’une élégance excessive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gommeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a dans ce pays beaucoup d’arbres gommeux et résineux.
Télesphore avait fait brûler dans le foyer d’abord quelques branches de cyprès gommeux, dont la flamme sentait la résine, puis de grosses bûches d’épinette rouge qui donnaient une chaleur égale et soutenue.
This word in other languages
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.