gaya
\ˈɡa.ja\
The verdict
“gaya” is uncommon French (frequency #61,559 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,559
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gai.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaya · gaya · French
gaya · rank #61,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,559
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gastéropodes
Nearest frequency peer: gastéropodes (-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 « gaya »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- garbo
garbo
38,445 corpus weight
- garza
garza
38,444 corpus weight
- gastéropodes
gastéropodes
38,443 corpus weight
- gaya
gaya
38,442 corpus weight
- geôle
geôle
38,440 corpus weight
- ghanéenne
ghanéenne
38,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gaya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡa.ja\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gaya » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gaya is uncommon French at frequency #61,559 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡa.ja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gaya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 gaya, spelled G-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Gai.
- 2Jovial.
- 3Gaillard.
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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