gondole

/\ɡɔ̃.dɔl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,364

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

gondole is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite embarcation légère à fond plat, à la proue et à la poupe recourbées, manœuvrée avec un aviron spécial, par un ou deux hommes se tenant debout et qui est particulièrement en usage à Venise et... Pronounced \ɡɔ̃.dɔl\. Often confused with gonflé.

Key facts for gondole
PropertyValue
Headwordgondole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ̃.dɔl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,364
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gondole is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ̃.dɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,364 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gondole, with forms such as "ggondole", "gnodole", and "godnole". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gonflé", 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 gondole, spelled G-O-N-D-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite embarcation légère à fond plat, à la proue et à la poupe recourbées, manœuvrée avec un aviron spécial, par un ou deux hommes se tenant debout et qui est particulièrement en usage à Venise et dans sa région.
  2. 2
    Groupe de rayonnages formant un bloc.
  3. 3
    Nacelle d’un aérostat.
  4. 4
    Se dit de certaines voitures publiques.
  5. 5
    Coupe à boire, étroite, sans pied ni anse.
  6. 6
    Télécabine.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggondole,gnodole,godnole,gonddole,gondloe,gondoel,gondolle,gonndole,gonodle,ogndole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gondole

Misspelling Variants of "gondole"

ggondole8gnodole7godnole7gonddole8gondloe7gondoel7gondolle8gonndole8
Misspelling Variants of "gondole"

Frequency rank: #42,364 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gondole"?
"gondole" is spelled G-O-N-D-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ̃.dɔl\.
What does "gondole" mean?
As a noun, "gondole" means: Petite embarcation légère à fond plat, à la proue et à la poupe recourbées, manœuvrée avec un aviron spécial, par un ou deux hommes se tenant debout et qui est particulièrement en usage à Venise et...
What words are commonly confused with "gondole"?
"gondole" is commonly confused with "gonflé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gondole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gondole" is \ɡɔ̃.dɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gondole" come from?
"gondole" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.