Gaillac
\ɡa.jak\
The verdict
“Gaillac” is uncommon French (frequency #51,490 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,490
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Tarn.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaillac · Gaillac · French
Gaillac · rank #51,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,490
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 194,371
- PHOTO-FINISH Gabriele
Nearest frequency peer: Gabriele (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gaillac”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fumaient
fumaient
48,516 corpus weight
- gabegie
gabegie
48,513 corpus weight
- Gabriele
Gabriele
48,512 corpus weight
- Gaillac
Gaillac
48,511 corpus weight
- garces
garces
48,509 corpus weight
- Garges
Garges
48,508 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gaillac” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaillac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.jak\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gaillac” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gaillac is uncommon French at frequency #51,490 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡa.jak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gaillac has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Gaillac, spelled G-A-I-L-L-A-C.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Tarn.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Tarn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gaillac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Gaillac, loin de se limiter à la pièce détachée, l’entreprise reconditionne désormais 2 400 voitures remises à la vente avec près de 30 % de pièces réemployées.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.