ganglion
\ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“ganglion” is uncommon French (frequency #61,555 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,555
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “ganglion” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ganglion is uncommon French at frequency #61,555 among 194,371 “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.
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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Using “ganglion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-N-G-L-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.