galeux
\ɡa.lø\
The verdict
“galeux” is uncommon French (frequency #67,538 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,538
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est atteint de la gale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galeux · galeux · French
galeux · rank #67,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,538
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galleries
Nearest frequency peer: galleries (+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 « galeux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fringue
fringue
32,467 corpus weight
- Funchal
Funchal
32,466 corpus weight
- galeux
galeux
32,463 corpus weight
- galleries
galleries
32,462 corpus weight
- garagistes
garagistes
32,461 corpus weight
- gargouilles
gargouilles
32,460 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « galeux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡa.lø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « galeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
galeux is uncommon French at frequency #67,538 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡa.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for galeux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is galeux, spelled G-A-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est atteint de la gale.
- 2Se dit aussi des arbres et des plantes.
- 3Dont l'aspect est irrégulier, mal entretenu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how galeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfant galeux. - Chien galeux. - Brebis galeuse.
Vous m’avez mis à la porte comme un chien galeux aux premiers mots que je vous ai touchés de l’état de mon cœur ; vous avez redoublé par là mon amour, mon entêtement, si vous voulez, et vous serez à moi.
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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