gélose
\ʒe.loz\
The verdict
“gélose” is uncommon French (frequency #93,845 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,845
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance gélatineuse extraite de l'agar-agar, c'est un polysaccharide complexe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelose · gélose · French
gélose · rank #93,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,845
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géologiquement
Nearest frequency peer: géologiquement (+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 « gélose »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Guirado
Guirado
6,159 corpus weight
- Guynemer
Guynemer
6,158 corpus weight
- gélose
gélose
6,156 corpus weight
- géologiquem…
géologiquement
6,155 corpus weight
- gênerai
gênerai
6,154 corpus weight
- hage
hage
6,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gélose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gélose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.loz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gélose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gélose is uncommon French at frequency #93,845 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.loz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance gélatineuse extraite de l'agar-agar, c'est un polysaccharide complexe.".
gélose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gélose, spelled G-É-L-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Substance gélatineuse extraite de l'agar-agar, c'est un polysaccharide complexe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gélose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous le nom de gélose, Payen a présenté en 1859 à l'Académie des Sciences une substance appelée commercialement mousse de Chine, dont une des propriétés les plus remarquables est de donner une solution qui se prend gelée incolore et diaphane par le refroidissement, solidifiant ainsi 500 fois son poids d'eau pure ou formant à poids égal 10 fois plus de gel…
La culture du bouillon est ensemencée sur un tube de gélose; vingt-quatre heures après, on voit des traînées de coli, semées de colonies rondes de staphylocoques.
Synonyms
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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