Gélinas
\ʒe.li.na\
The verdict
“Gélinas” is uncommon French (frequency #53,992 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,992
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelinas · Gélinas · French
Gélinas · rank #53,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,992
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guru
Nearest frequency peer: guru (-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 « Gélinas »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Grover
Grover
46,012 corpus weight
- gupta
gupta
46,011 corpus weight
- guru
guru
46,010 corpus weight
- Gélinas
Gélinas
46,009 corpus weight
- généalogies
généalogies
46,007 corpus weight
- généralisant
généralisant
46,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gélinas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gélinas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.li.na\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gélinas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gélinas is uncommon French at frequency #53,992 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒe.li.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gélinas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Gélinas, spelled G-É-L-I-N-A-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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