Gaillon
The verdict
“Gaillon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,233 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,233
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
| 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) |
Where “Gaillon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gaillon is uncommon French at frequency #50,233 among 194,371 “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.
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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Using “Gaillon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-I-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.