galérien
\ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“galérien” is uncommon French (frequency #85,745 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,745
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui était condamné aux galères, forçat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galerien · galérien · French
galérien · rank #85,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,745
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gallicane
Nearest frequency peer: gallicane (-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 « galérien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- galiléen
galiléen
14,259 corpus weight
- gallicane
gallicane
14,257 corpus weight
- galérien
galérien
14,256 corpus weight
- ganja
ganja
14,255 corpus weight
- gardeur
gardeur
14,254 corpus weight
- Gaudreau
Gaudreau
14,253 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « galérien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galérien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « galérien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
galérien is uncommon French at frequency #85,745 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
galérien has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is galérien, spelled G-A-L-É-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Celui qui était condamné aux galères, forçat.
- 2Personne qui galère.
- 3Jeune homme oisif, qui a du temps à perdre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how galérien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne serait-il pas convenable qu’un grand nombre de galériens fussent employés à nettoyer les rues, à en enlever journellement des boues, les immondices, les gravats, les neiges, ainsi que cela se pratique à Berne ?
– Voici. Je m’appelle Jean Valjean. Je suis un galérien. J’ai passé dix-neuf ans au bagne. Je suis libéré depuis quatre jours et en route pour Pontarlier qui est ma destination.
This word in other languages
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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