Which to use
“gâchée” is a noun and “gâtée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,074
- “gâchée” frequency rank
- #31,984
- “gâtée” frequency rank
- 67058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gâchée | gâtée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de béton frais produite en un seul cycle par un malaxeur discontinu ; quantité déversée pendant une minute d'un malaxeur continu. | Féminin singulier de gâté. |
Where the eye mixes gâchée and gâtée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gâchée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against gâtée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gâchée vs gâtée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gâchée is \ɡɑ.ʃe\ while gâtée is \ɡɑ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gâchée is recorded at frequency rank #35,074, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɑ.ʃe\. gâtée is at rank #31,984, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡɑ.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67058, this pair ranks #65,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gâchée vs gâtée
Shared letters: egâé. Private to "gâchée": ch. Private to "gâtée": t.
"gâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "gâtée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gâchée" for "gâtée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gâchée" or "gâtée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gâchée" and "gâtée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gâtée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gâchée" and "gâtée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gabe vs gâtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.