gees

\dʒiːz\

/\dʒiːz\/ noun

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The verdict

“gees” is uncommon French (frequency #60,816 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,816
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gee.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gees · gees · French

gees · rank #60,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,816
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gaziers

Nearest frequency peer: gaziers (-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 « gees »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gees » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gees
PropertyValue
Headwordgees
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒiːz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gees » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).geestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « gaziers » (#60,814), « Gerhardt » (#60,818), « Gauvin » (#60,813). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gees » est au #60,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gees is uncommon French at frequency #60,816 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒiːz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gee.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gees in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gees, spelled G-E-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gee.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gees"?
"gees" is spelled G-E-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒiːz\.
What does "gees" mean?
As a noun, "gees" means: Pluriel de gee.
How do you pronounce "gees"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gees" is \dʒiːz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gees" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gees", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gobi#60,827goro#60,830fora#60,800fisk#60,794

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list