gekko
\ʒɛ.ko\
The verdict
“gekko” is uncommon French (frequency #77,551 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,551
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de gecko
Corpus desk
Index FR-gekko · gekko · French
gekko · rank #77,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,551
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH GCC
Nearest frequency peer: GCC (-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 « gekko »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gangrenée
gangrenée
22,454 corpus weight
- Gaume
Gaume
22,453 corpus weight
- GCC
GCC
22,451 corpus weight
- gekko
gekko
22,450 corpus weight
- gela
gela
22,449 corpus weight
- generis
generis
22,447 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gekko » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gekko |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛ.ko\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gekko » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gekko is uncommon French at frequency #77,551 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛ.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de gecko".
Zero misspellings are on record for gekko in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gekko, spelled G-E-K-K-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de gecko
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gekko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seul avec un gekko incolore, figé comme une statue ?
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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