gamay de Saint-Galmier

\ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\

/\ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\/ noun

The verdict

“gamay de Saint-Galmier” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Cépage donnant du raisin noir, autrefois cultivé dans le département de la Loire.

Key facts for gamay de Saint-Galmier
PropertyValue
Headwordgamay de Saint-Galmier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gamay de Saint-Galmier” sits in French frequency

gamay de Saint-Galmier falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gamay de Saint-Galmier is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cépage donnant du raisin noir, autrefois cultivé dans le département de la Loire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for gamay de Saint-Galmier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gamay de Saint-Galmier, spelled G-A-M-A-Y- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T---G-A-L-M-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage donnant du raisin noir, autrefois cultivé dans le département de la Loire.

Synonyms

gamay de Fontvialgamay de Saint-Romaingamay des trois-ceps

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gamay de Saint-Galmier"?
"gamay de Saint-Galmier" is spelled G-A-M-A-Y- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T---G-A-L-M-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\.
What does "gamay de Saint-Galmier" mean?
As a noun, "gamay de Saint-Galmier" means: Cépage donnant du raisin noir, autrefois cultivé dans le département de la Loire.
How do you pronounce "gamay de Saint-Galmier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gamay de Saint-Galmier" is \ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “gamay de Saint-Galmier”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-A-M-A-Y- -D-E- -S-A-I-N-T---G-A-L-M-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡa.mɛ.də.sɛ̃.ɡal.mje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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