Gustave
\ɡys.tav\
The verdict
“Gustave” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,882
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gustave · Gustave · French
Gustave · rank #10,882 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,882
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gravure
Nearest frequency peer: gravure (-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 « Gustave »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- GMT
GMT
89,122 corpus weight
- god
god
89,121 corpus weight
- gravure
gravure
89,120 corpus weight
- Gustave
Gustave
89,119 corpus weight
- habille
habille
89,118 corpus weight
- handicapé
handicapé
89,117 corpus weight
What this shows « Gustave » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Gustave |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡys.tav\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gustave »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gustave (IPA \ɡys.tav\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,882 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gustave, with forms such as "ggustave", "gsutave", and "gusatve". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Gustavo", "Gustav", "guitare", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gustave, spelled G-U-S-T-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gustave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’oncle Gustave est impayable… je n’oublierai jamais ce qu’il a dit au curé qui me baptisait…
Un boy se faufila à l’intérieur et ressortit en compagnie de Gustave, qui me bigla avec curiosité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggustave
- gsutave
- gusatve
- gusstave
- gustaev
- gustavve
- gusttave
- gustvae
- gutsave
- ugstave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gustave - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gustave", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).