geel
\ɣe:l\
The verdict
“geel” is uncommon French (frequency #80,242 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,242
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jaune. #ffff00
Corpus desk
Index FR-geel · geel · French
geel · rank #80,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,242
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gastronome
Nearest frequency peer: gastronome (-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 « geel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gager
gager
19,764 corpus weight
- gamineries
gamineries
19,763 corpus weight
- garantes
garantes
19,762 corpus weight
- gastronome
gastronome
19,761 corpus weight
- geel
geel
19,759 corpus weight
- gentillet
gentillet
19,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « geel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɣe:l\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « geel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
geel is uncommon French at frequency #80,242 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɣe:l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jaune. #ffff00".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is geel, spelled G-E-E-L.
Definition
- 1Jaune. #ffff00
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In de Oudheid geloofde men dat geel geluk in de liefde bracht. De bruid droeg daarom een gele sluier.
Hans keek bezorgd. Er stond nog maar weinig water in de beek, de bron was haast drooggevallen en iedereen op de boerderij moest zuinig doen met water. Het gras werd geel, de bloemen verwelkten en de dieren zochten zoveel mogelijk de schaduw op.
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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