capitale des Gaules
\ka.pi.tal de ɡol\
The verdict
“capitale des Gaules” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lyon (ville).
Corpus desk
Index FR-capitale-des-gaules · capitale des Gaules · French
capitale des Gaules · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | capitale des Gaules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.pi.tal de ɡol\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « capitale des Gaules » en français
Rare enough to double-check
capitale des Gaules is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.pi.tal de ɡol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lyon (ville).".
capitale des Gaules doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is capitale des Gaules, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-E- -D-E-S- -G-A-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Lyon (ville).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capitale des Gaules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout d’abord, en tant que seconde ville de France et ancienne capitale des Gaules, Lyon peut contester le prestige de Paris.
Rue Tronchet, dans le 6e arrondissement de la capitale des Gaules, les policiers surveillaient deux dealers de drogue présumés.
Synonyms
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.