Ganymède
\ɡa.ni.mɛd\
The verdict
“Ganymède” is uncommon French (frequency #72,353 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,353
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prince troyen, fils de Tros et de la nymphe Callirrhoé (fille de Scamandre), aimé de Zeus, qui après s’être transformé en aigle l’a enlevé pour servir d’échanson à la place d’Hébé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ganymede · Ganymède · French
Ganymède · rank #72,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,353
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gaspillée
Nearest frequency peer: gaspillée (+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 « Ganymède »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- galleria
galleria
27,651 corpus weight
- galopant
galopant
27,650 corpus weight
- Ganymède
Ganymède
27,648 corpus weight
- gaspillée
gaspillée
27,647 corpus weight
- ged
ged
27,646 corpus weight
- Geist
Geist
27,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ganymède » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ganymède |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.ni.mɛd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ganymède » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ganymède is uncommon French at frequency #72,353 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡa.ni.mɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ganymède in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Ganymède, spelled G-A-N-Y-M-È-D-E.
Definition
- 1Prince troyen, fils de Tros et de la nymphe Callirrhoé (fille de Scamandre), aimé de Zeus, qui après s’être transformé en aigle l’a enlevé pour servir d’échanson à la place d’Hébé.
- 2(1036) Ganymède, internationalement (1036) Ganymede, planète mineure.
- 3Général égyptien qui se battit contre Jules César en 48 avant J-C.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ganymède appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notons que, dans la version grecque, Ganymède a également été séduit par Jupiter, mais que les Romains, plutôt puritains, n’en parlèrent presque pas.
(1036) Ganymède est le plus grand des astéroïdes Amor.
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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