gallicisme
\ɡa.li.sism\
The verdict
“gallicisme” 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) - Construction ou emploi propre à la langue française.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gallicisme · gallicisme · French
gallicisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | gallicisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.li.sism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gallicisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gallicisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡa.li.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gallicisme, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gallicisme, spelled G-A-L-L-I-C-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Construction ou emploi propre à la langue française.
- 2Emprunt fait au français par une autre langue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gallicisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Il vient de mourir, Il va venir, Si j’étais que de vous » sont des gallicismes.
Il n’était même pas possesseur d’un anglais correct. Ses gallicismes, son accent le désigneraient chaque jour aux risées de sa femme…
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.