galène
\ɡa.lɛn\
The verdict
“galène” is uncommon French (frequency #84,827 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,827
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale composée de sulfure de plomb de formule brute PbS.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galene · galène · French
galène · rank #84,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,827
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gamache
Nearest frequency peer: Gamache (+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 « galène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- félonie
félonie
15,178 corpus weight
- Galia
Galia
15,176 corpus weight
- galène
galène
15,174 corpus weight
- Gamache
Gamache
15,173 corpus weight
- Ganges
Ganges
15,172 corpus weight
- gavant
gavant
15,170 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « galène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.lɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « galène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
galène is uncommon French at frequency #84,827 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.lɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for galène in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is galène, spelled G-A-L-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale composée de sulfure de plomb de formule brute PbS.
- 2Diode à semiconducteur primitive faite à partir de ce minéral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how galène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le minerai de cette fondrière est souvent pyriteux et contient, dans sa masse, de la galène disséminée en petits fragments.
Riche par la fertilité du sol, il l’est aussi de toute la fortune enfouie dans ses entrailles […] mines de Torotzko, qui produisent le plomb, la galène, le mercure, et surtout le fer, dont les gisements étaient exploités dès le Xᵉ siècle ;
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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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