Gaillot
The verdict
“Gaillot” is uncommon French (frequency #95,940 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,940
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaillot · Gaillot · French
Gaillot · rank #95,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galoche
Nearest frequency peer: galoche (+3 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 « Gaillot »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- félibrige
félibrige
4,067 corpus weight
- féminicides
féminicides
4,066 corpus weight
- Gaillot
Gaillot
4,061 corpus weight
- galoche
galoche
4,058 corpus weight
- galvanique
galvanique
4,057 corpus weight
- galvaudée
galvaudée
4,056 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gaillot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaillot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gaillot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gaillot is uncommon French at frequency #95,940 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gaillot, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gaillot, spelled G-A-I-L-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gaillot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le blocage de Paris « doit être un des derniers recours », mais « tout est sur la table », a déclaré le président de Jeunes Agriculteurs, Arnaud Gaillot, depuis un barrage dans l’Yonne.
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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