Gallium
\ˈɡalɪ̯ʊm\
The verdict
“Gallium” is uncommon French (frequency #74,022 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,022
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gallium (l’élément chimique Ga).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gallium · Gallium · French
Gallium · rank #74,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,022
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gallipoli
Nearest frequency peer: Gallipoli (-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 « Gallium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fém
fém
25,982 corpus weight
- fémoral
fémoral
25,981 corpus weight
- Gallipoli
Gallipoli
25,980 corpus weight
- Gallium
Gallium
25,979 corpus weight
- gambas
gambas
25,978 corpus weight
- gambit
gambit
25,977 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gallium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gallium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡalɪ̯ʊm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gallium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gallium is uncommon French at frequency #74,022 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡalɪ̯ʊm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gallium (l’élément chimique Ga).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gallium, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Gallium, spelled G-A-L-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Gallium (l’élément chimique Ga).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gallium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Laut Schätzungen produziert das Reich der Mitte über 90 Prozent des weltweiten Galliums, bei Germanium dürften es nahezu 80 Prozent sein.
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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