galimafrée
\ɡa.li.ma.fʁe\
The verdict
“galimafrée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de fricassée composée de restes de viande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galimafree · galimafrée · French
galimafrée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galimafrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.li.ma.fʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
galimafrée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.li.ma.fʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for galimafrée in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 galimafrée, spelled G-A-L-I-M-A-F-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de fricassée composée de restes de viande.
- 2Mets mal préparé, déplaisant, et abondant.
- 3Mélange absurde, vulgaire, informe, sans cohérence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how galimafrée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] une tourbe de riboteurs qui venaient se repaître de galimafrées d’andouillettes et de tripes à la mode de Caen.
Tronchin l’a condamné à ne manger que des légumes, des carottes, des fèves cuites à l’eau, « Monsieur, a dit M. le duc de Lorges, je ne peux digérer votre galimafrée ; elle me fait enfler le devant et le derrière. ».
This word in other languages
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