gaillard

\ɡa.jaʁ\

/\ɡa.jaʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“gaillard” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,479
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaillard · gaillard · French

gaillard · rank #14,479 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,479
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH halles

Nearest frequency peer: halles (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaillard »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gaillard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gaillard vs gaillarde
89% similar
gaillard vs gaillards
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gaillard
PropertyValue
Headwordgaillard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡa.jaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,479
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaillard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gaillardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « halles » (#14,480), « Harrison » (#14,481), « fiancé » (#14,476). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaillard » est au #14,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gaillard (IPA \ɡa.jaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,479 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaillard, with forms such as "agillard", "gailalrd", and "gailard". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "gaillarde", "gaillards", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gaillard, spelled G-A-I-L-L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.
  2. 2
    Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.
  3. 3
    Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.
  4. 4
    Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.
  5. 5
    Qui est gai, joyeux.
  6. 6
    Grivois, paillard, qualifie des discours, des propos, des chansons un peu libres, un peu lestes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gaillard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et l’on m’a vu pousser dans le monde une affaire D’une assez vigoureuse et gaillarde manière.
  2. Las ! pour un trépassé vous êtes bien gaillard !

This word in other languages

happy(English)gallardo(Español)munter(Deutsch)galhardo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agillard
  • gailalrd
  • gailard
  • gailladr
  • gaillardd
  • gaillarrd
  • gaillrad
  • galilard
  • ggaillard
  • giallard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaillard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agillard2gailalrd2gailard1gailladr2gaillardd1gaillarrd1gaillrad2galilard2
Edit distance from "gaillard"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gaillard"?
"gaillard" is spelled G-A-I-L-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.jaʁ\.
What does "gaillard" mean?
As an adjective, "gaillard" means: Qui est solide, vaillant, puissant.
What words are commonly confused with "gaillard"?
"gaillard" is commonly confused with "gaillarde", "gaillards". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gaillard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaillard" is \ɡa.jaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaillard" come from?
"gaillard" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gaillard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Harrison#14,481hexagone#14,483exporter#14,473ivoirien#14,493

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

faction10 variantsdéroute10 variantsmaximal10 variantsdentelle10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list