Gervase
"gervase" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gervase” is uncommon English (frequency #82,330 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,330
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gervase · Gervase · English
Gervase · rank #82,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,330
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH geosynchronous
Nearest frequency peer: geosynchronous (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Gervase”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gastonia
Gastonia
17,675 corpus weight
- Gath
Gath
17,674 corpus weight
- Gaudreau
Gaudreau
17,673 corpus weight
- geosynchron…
geosynchronous
17,672 corpus weight
- Gervase
Gervase
17,671 corpus weight
- glaucous
glaucous
17,667 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gervase” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gervase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gervase” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gervase is uncommon English at frequency #82,330 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gervase in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic na… The correct English form is Gervase, spelled G-E-R-V-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.
Etymology
Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic name for the river Isara.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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