geckos
\ʒe.ko\
The verdict
“geckos” is uncommon French (frequency #97,991 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,991
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gecko.
Corpus desk
Index FR-geckos · geckos · French
geckos · rank #97,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,991
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gauge
Nearest frequency peer: gauge (-2 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 « geckos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gamète
gamète
2,014 corpus weight
- gasser
gasser
2,013 corpus weight
- gauge
gauge
2,012 corpus weight
- geckos
geckos
2,010 corpus weight
- gentoo
gentoo
2,008 corpus weight
- Gethsémani
Gethsémani
2,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « geckos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geckos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ko\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « geckos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
geckos is uncommon French at frequency #97,991 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gecko.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geckos, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is geckos, spelled G-E-C-K-O-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gecko.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how geckos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle s’amuse à traquer les geckos avec sa lampe de poche.
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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