Gévaudan
"gevaudan" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gévaudan” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gevaudan · Gévaudan · English
Gévaudan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gévaudan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gévaudan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gévaudan is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gévaudan, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Gévaudan, from Occitan Gavaudan or Gevaudan, from Latin Gabalitanus, from Gabali, ultimately from Gaulish *Gabli. The correct English form is Gévaudan, spelled G-É-V-A-U-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1A former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gévaudan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With a physical description that defied belief, and the ability to strike quickly, evade detection, and confound its pursuers, the mysterious beast had attacked and killed dozens of people in and around the remote mountainous region of the Gévaudan in the southern province of Languedoc.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Gévaudan, from Occitan Gavaudan or Gevaudan, from Latin Gabalitanus, from Gabali, ultimately from Gaulish *Gabli.
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.