gaulois

\ɡo.lwa\

/\ɡo.lwa\/ adj

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The verdict

“gaulois” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,835
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En rapport avec la Gaule, la langue gauloise ou les peuples la parlant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gaulois · gaulois · French

gaulois · rank #7,835 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,835
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH games

Nearest frequency peer: games (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaulois »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gaulois » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gaulois vs gauloise
88% similar
gaulois vs gauloises
78% similar
gaulois vs gaules
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gaulois
PropertyValue
Headwordgaulois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡo.lwa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,835
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gaulois »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gauloisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « games » (#7,834), « grippe » (#7,836), « Francfort » (#7,833). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gaulois » est au #7,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gaulois (IPA \ɡo.lwa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,835 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaulois, with forms such as "agulois", "galuois", and "gaulios". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gauloise", "gauloises", "gaules", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gaulois, spelled G-A-U-L-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    En rapport avec la Gaule, la langue gauloise ou les peuples la parlant.
  2. 2
    Français, originaire de France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gaulois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous croirions plutôt que le pur sang de la race gauloise primitive s’est conservé jusqu’à nos jours sans mélange, dans quelques tribus rustiques de nos provinces centrales.
  2. Mars, identifié avec le dieu grec Arès, l'a été aussi avec le dieu gaulois Toutatis; Minerve, confondue avec la déesse grecque Athéna, l'a été aussi avec la déesse gauloise Belisama, etc.

This word in other languages

Gallic(English)galo(Español)gallisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agulois
  • galuois
  • gaulios
  • gaullois
  • gauloiss
  • gaulosi
  • gauolis
  • ggaulois
  • gualois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaulois - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agulois2galuois2gaulios2gaullois1gauloiss1gaulosi2gauolis2ggaulois1
Edit distance from "gaulois"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gaulois"?
"gaulois" is spelled G-A-U-L-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡo.lwa\.
What does "gaulois" mean?
As an adjective, "gaulois" means: En rapport avec la Gaule, la langue gauloise ou les peuples la parlant.
What words are commonly confused with "gaulois"?
"gaulois" is commonly confused with "gauloise", "gauloises", "gaules". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gaulois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaulois" is \ɡo.lwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaulois" come from?
"gaulois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gaulois", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fournis#7,831horloge#7,841limoges#7,856diplômé#7,811

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fibres9 variantsdétour9 variantsDupont9 variantslisant9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list