Galthié
\ɡal.tje\
The verdict
“Galthié” is uncommon French (frequency #91,724 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,724
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galthie · Galthié · French
Galthié · rank #91,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,724
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galvanise
Nearest frequency peer: galvanise (+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 « Galthié »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gabel
Gabel
8,280 corpus weight
- Galthié
Galthié
8,277 corpus weight
- galvanise
galvanise
8,276 corpus weight
- gamification
gamification
8,275 corpus weight
- Garaud
Garaud
8,274 corpus weight
- gargariser
gargariser
8,273 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Galthié » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galthié |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡal.tje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Galthié » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Galthié is uncommon French at frequency #91,724 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡal.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Galthié, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Galthié, spelled G-A-L-T-H-I-É.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Galthié appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le troisième ligne de Pau Jordan Joseph a dû déclarer forfait pour la tournée d’automne avec l’équipe de France. C’est un autre débutant, Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, de l’Union Bordeaux-Bègles, qui le remplace dans la liste des 42 joueurs retenus par Fabien Galthié.
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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