Gdańsk
\ɡdɑ̃sk\
The verdict
“Gdańsk” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville polonaise et port sur la mer Baltique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gdańsk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡdɑ̃sk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gdańsk” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Gdańsk is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡdɑ̃sk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ville polonaise et port sur la mer Baltique.".
Gdańsk has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gdańsk, spelled G-D-A-Ń-S-K.
Definition
- 1Ville polonaise et port sur la mer Baltique.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gdańsk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-D-A-Ń-S-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡdɑ̃sk\ (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.