gélatineux
\ʒe.la.ti.nø\
The verdict
“gélatineux” is uncommon French (frequency #88,692 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,692
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature de la gélatine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelatineux · gélatineux · French
gélatineux · rank #88,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,692
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guérissait
Nearest frequency peer: guérissait (-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 « gélatineux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- guigui
guigui
11,312 corpus weight
- Guillaud
Guillaud
11,311 corpus weight
- guérissait
guérissait
11,310 corpus weight
- gélatineux
gélatineux
11,309 corpus weight
- génoises
génoises
11,308 corpus weight
- géographies
géographies
11,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gélatineux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gélatineux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒe.la.ti.nø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gélatineux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gélatineux is uncommon French at frequency #88,692 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒe.la.ti.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est de la nature de la gélatine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gélatineux, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 gélatineux, spelled G-É-L-A-T-I-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est de la nature de la gélatine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gélatineux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thunherg présume que cette dernière en tire les matériaux d'espèces de fucus, notamment du fucus bursa, qui, suivant lui, est aussi gélatineux que la substance même des nids d'hirondelle.
Vers le mois de mars ou d'avril, on procède au collage avec du blanc d'œuf ; cette substance a la propriété de former, avec le tannin et une partie des principes colorants, un composé gélatineux qui entraîne, en se coagulant, les matières en suspension dans le vin.
This word in other languages
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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