Gaillon
The verdict
“Gaillon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,233 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,233
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaillon · Gaillon · French
Gaillon · rank #50,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,233
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH férule
Nearest frequency peer: férule (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Gaillon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Fulton
Fulton
49,772 corpus weight
- fusain
fusain
49,770 corpus weight
- férule
férule
49,769 corpus weight
- Gaillon
Gaillon
49,768 corpus weight
- galèrent
galèrent
49,767 corpus weight
- gascons
gascons
49,765 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gaillon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gaillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gaillon is uncommon French at frequency #50,233 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gaillon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Gaillon, spelled G-A-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
- 2Ancien nom de la commune française de Gaillon-sur-Montcient, située dans le département des Yvelines.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Eure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gaillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La voiture les emmène à la gendarmerie de Conches où ils seront incarcérés deux jours avant d’être transférés à Gaillon, petite ville de l’Eure.
Six mois après, ce capitaine fut ramassé sur la grand-route de Gaillon à Mantes.
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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