gabian
\ɡa.bjɑ̃\
The verdict
“gabian” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des noms vulgaires du goéland leucophée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gabian · gabian · French
gabian · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gabian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.bjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gabian” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gabian is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.bjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gabian in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gabian, spelled G-A-B-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Un des noms vulgaires du goéland leucophée.
- 2Synonyme de douanier ou de gabelou, par extension, synonyme de gendarme et parfois (peut-être par dérision) synonyme de voleur.
- 3(Ancien) Huile (pétrole) extrait du village de Gabian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gabian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gabian, en provençal, est le goéland (qui a un gros cou).
Des gabians se sont posés sur le trottoir et dévorent un sandwich qui a été jeté.
Synonyms
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