geais
\ʒɛ\
The verdict
“geais” is uncommon French (frequency #94,836 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,836
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de geai.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geais” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geais is uncommon French at frequency #94,836 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de geai.".
geais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is geais, spelled G-E-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de geai.
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 “geais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.