gelden
\ɣɛl.də:\
The verdict
“gelden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelden · gelden · French
gelden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɣɛl.də:\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gelden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɣɛl.də:\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Valoir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gelden, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 gelden, spelled G-E-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Valoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
in het algemeen geldt dat...
dit geldt ook voor
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.