gymnaste

/\ʒim.nast\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,815

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

gymnaste is aFrenchnoun. It means: Entraineur, dans un gymnase, chargé des athlètes. Pronounced \ʒim.nast\. Often confused with gymnase and gymnases.

Key facts for gymnaste
PropertyValue
Headwordgymnaste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒim.nast\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,815
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gymnaste is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒim.nast\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,815 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for gymnaste, with forms such as "ggymnaste", "gmynaste", and "gymanste". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "gymnase", "gymnases", 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 gymnaste, spelled G-Y-M-N-A-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entraineur, dans un gymnase, chargé des athlètes.
  2. 2
    Sportif pratiquant la gymnastique.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggymnaste,gmynaste,gymanste,gymmnaste,gymnaset,gymnasste,gymnastte,gymnatse,gymnnaste,gymnsate,gynmaste,gyymnaste,ygmnaste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gymnaste

Misspelling Variants of "gymnaste"

ggymnaste9gmynaste8gymanste8gymmnaste9gymnaset8gymnasste9gymnastte9gymnatse8
Misspelling Variants of "gymnaste"

Frequency rank: #41,815 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gymnaste"?
"gymnaste" is spelled G-Y-M-N-A-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒim.nast\.
What does "gymnaste" mean?
As a noun, "gymnaste" means: Entraineur, dans un gymnase, chargé des athlètes.
What words are commonly confused with "gymnaste"?
"gymnaste" is commonly confused with "gymnase", "gymnases". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gymnaste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gymnaste" is \ʒim.nast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gymnaste" come from?
"gymnaste" 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.