gonfler

\ɡɔ̃.fle\

/\ɡɔ̃.fle\/ verb

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The verdict

“gonfler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,803
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmenter quelque chose de volume en la remplissant de gaz ou d’un fluide ; faire saillir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gonfler · gonfler · French

gonfler · rank #13,803 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,803
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gomme

Nearest frequency peer: gomme (-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 « gonfler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gonfler » 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).

gonfler vs gonflés
71% similar
gonfler vs gonflé
71% similar
gonfler vs gifler
71% similar

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

Key facts for gonfler
PropertyValue
Headwordgonfler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡɔ̃.fle\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,803
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gonfler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gonflerse 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 « gomme » (#13,802), « guichet » (#13,804), « gloria » (#13,801). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gonfler » est au #13,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gonfler (IPA \ɡɔ̃.fle\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,803 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gonfler, with forms such as "ggonfler", "gnofler", and "gofnler". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gonflés", "gonflé", "gifler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gonfler, spelled G-O-N-F-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmenter quelque chose de volume en la remplissant de gaz ou d’un fluide ; faire saillir.
  2. 2
    Augmenter fortement et de manière anormale.
  3. 3
    Remplir le cœur ou la poitrine d’un sentiment.
  4. 4
    Agacer ; exaspérer.
  5. 5
    Transformer une image, un film pour le mettre dans un format supérieur.
  6. 6
    Augmenter de volume, enfler.
  7. 7
    Augmenter de volume, enfler.
  8. 8
    Être envahi d’émotion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette chair bleue qui gonflait, cette sanie malodorante qui coulait…
  2. L'hiver dernier, ça a gelé dur, très dur, la terre a gonflé et les pavés sont remontés comme des dents qui se déchaussent.

Synonyms

couflerenfler

Antonyms

dégonfler

This word in other languages

inflate(English)hinchar(Español)aufblasen(Deutsch)inchar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggonfler
  • gnofler
  • gofnler
  • gonfelr
  • gonffler
  • gonflerr
  • gonfller
  • gonflre
  • gonlfer
  • gonnfler
  • ognfler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggonfler1gnofler2gofnler2gonfelr2gonffler1gonflerr1gonfller1gonflre2
Edit distance from "gonfler"

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 "gonfler"?
"gonfler" is spelled G-O-N-F-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ̃.fle\.
What does "gonfler" mean?
As a verb, "gonfler" means: Augmenter quelque chose de volume en la remplissant de gaz ou d’un fluide ; faire saillir.
What words are commonly confused with "gonfler"?
"gonfler" is commonly confused with "gonflés", "gonflé", "gifler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gonfler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gonfler" is \ɡɔ̃.fle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gonfler" come from?
"gonfler" 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 "gonfler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guichet#13,804hanches#13,808enrichi#13,783embêter#13,781

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

héroïque11 variantsfaubourg11 variantslancées11 variantsLéopold11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list