Geffroy
\ʒɛ.fʁwa\
The verdict
“Geffroy” is uncommon French (frequency #65,183 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,183
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-geffroy · Geffroy · French
Geffroy · rank #65,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,183
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH galipettes
Nearest frequency peer: galipettes (-1 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 « Geffroy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fœtal
fœtal
34,821 corpus weight
- Gafsa
Gafsa
34,820 corpus weight
- galipettes
galipettes
34,819 corpus weight
- Geffroy
Geffroy
34,818 corpus weight
- genévrier
genévrier
34,817 corpus weight
- glissières
glissières
34,815 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Geffroy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geffroy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛ.fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Geffroy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Geffroy is uncommon French at frequency #65,183 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒɛ.fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geffroy, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Geffroy, spelled G-E-F-F-R-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geffroy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au cours de l’année 1894, Gustave Geffroy rédige plusieurs articles élogieux sur la peinture de Cézanne.
En février 2017, Jonathan Geffroy et sa famille sont faits prisonniers par l’Armée syrienne libre (ASL).
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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