gelais

\ʒə.lɛ\

/\ʒə.lɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“gelais” is uncommon French (frequency #57,294 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,294
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de geler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gelais · gelais · French

gelais · rank #57,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,294
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gaudreault

Nearest frequency peer: Gaudreault (-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 « gelais »

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 « gelais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gelais
PropertyValue
Headwordgelais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒə.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gelais » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Gaudreault » (#57,292), « girlfriend » (#57,297), « gardon » (#57,290). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gelais » est au #57,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gelais is uncommon French at frequency #57,294 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒə.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gelais, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gelais, spelled G-E-L-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de geler.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de geler.

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 "gelais"?
"gelais" is spelled G-E-L-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.lɛ\.
What does "gelais" mean?
As a verb, "gelais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de geler.
How do you pronounce "gelais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gelais" is \ʒə.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gelais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gardon#57,290glacer#57,299gracia#57,301furies#57,286

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list