lampe à gaz
\lɑ̃p a gaz\
The verdict
“lampe à gaz” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lampe alimentée par du gaz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lampe-a-gaz · lampe à gaz · French
lampe à gaz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lampe à gaz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃p a gaz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lampe à gaz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lampe à gaz is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃p a gaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lampe alimentée par du gaz.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lampe à gaz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lampe à gaz, spelled L-A-M-P-E- -À- -G-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Lampe alimentée par du gaz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lampe à gaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fenêtres étaient allumées et d’en haut on aurait dit une lampe à gaz flottant dans l’obscurité.
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.