haut de gamme

^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\

/^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\/ noun

The verdict

“haut de gamme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des produits d’une même catégorie de produit ou de service offrant le plus de performances, de qualité ou de services.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haut-de-gamme · haut de gamme · French

haut de gamme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for haut de gamme
PropertyValue
Headwordhaut de gamme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « haut de gamme » en français

haut de gammesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haut de gamme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

haut de gamme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is haut de gamme, spelled H-A-U-T- -D-E- -G-A-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des produits d’une même catégorie de produit ou de service offrant le plus de performances, de qualité ou de services.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des produits les plus chers d’une même catégorie de produits ou services.
  3. 3
    Qualité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le haut de gamme de notre offre convient aux utilisateurs les plus exigeants.
  2. En juillet, Audi a doublé BMW, prenant la première place du créneau envié du haut de gamme mondial.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "haut de gamme"?
"haut de gamme" is spelled H-A-U-T- -D-E- -G-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\.
What does "haut de gamme" mean?
As a noun, "haut de gamme" means: Ensemble des produits d’une même catégorie de produit ou de service offrant le plus de performances, de qualité ou de services.
How do you pronounce "haut de gamme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haut de gamme" is ^((h aspiré))\o d(ə) ɡam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haut de gamme" come from?
"haut de gamme" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list