ganglion
\ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“ganglion” is uncommon French (frequency #61,555 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,555
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quelqu’un des divers organes qui ont l’apparence de petits pelotons ou de nœuds et qui remplissent diverses fonctions suivant la partie du corps où ils se trouvent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ganglion · ganglion · French
ganglion · rank #61,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,555
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH ganache
Nearest frequency peer: ganache (-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 « ganglion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- galen
galen
38,449 corpus weight
- ganache
ganache
38,447 corpus weight
- ganglion
ganglion
38,446 corpus weight
- garbo
garbo
38,445 corpus weight
- garza
garza
38,444 corpus weight
- gastéropodes
gastéropodes
38,443 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ganglion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ganglion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ganglion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ganglion is uncommon French at frequency #61,555 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ganglion, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ganglion, spelled G-A-N-G-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Quelqu’un des divers organes qui ont l’apparence de petits pelotons ou de nœuds et qui remplissent diverses fonctions suivant la partie du corps où ils se trouvent.
- 2Petite tumeur globuleuse, dure, indolente, développée sur le trajet des tendons.
- 3Sorte d’excroissance, de kyste.
- 4Centre décisionnel, endroit où transite des informations, cela par analogie avec les ganglions nerveux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ganglion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On admet généralement que le nerf vague agit, non pas sur le muscle cardiaque, mais sur les ganglions intracardiaques, parce que le cœur arrêté par tétanisation du nerf vague se contracte encore si on l’excite directement.
L’inflammation consécutive peut en même temps, déterminer le gonflement des ganglions sous-glossiens.
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); 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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