géode

\ʒe.ɔd\

/\ʒe.ɔd\/ noun

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The verdict

“géode” is uncommon French (frequency #91,762 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,762
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavité rocheuse tapissée de cristaux et autres matières minérales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-geode · géode · French

géode · rank #91,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,762
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gélatineuse

Nearest frequency peer: gélatineuse (-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 « géode »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for géode
PropertyValue
Headwordgéode
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.ɔd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,762
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « géode » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.géodetombe 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: « gélatineuse » (#91,761), « géostratégiques » (#91,763), « gâtez » (#91,760). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « géode » est au #91,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

géode is uncommon French at frequency #91,762 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

géode doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 géode, spelled G-É-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavité rocheuse tapissée de cristaux et autres matières minérales.
  2. 2
    Polyèdre non-régulier convexe inscrit dans une sphère.
  3. 3
    Bâtiment en forme de globe.
  4. 4
    Cavité d'origine pathologique, qui apparait dans les tissus d'un organe comme un os ou le poumon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how géode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les corps simples sont très notablement moins nombreux dans les filons ordinaires et dans les géodes des roches basiques ou volcaniques, qu’ils ne le sont dans les filons stannifères.
  2. Ainsi, la forme d'une Géode close, et la facette orbiculaire et en crible que l’on observe sur les Géodies, constituent leur caractère générique. Je n’en connais encore qu’une espèce que je crois inédite.

This word in other languages

geode(English)geoda(Español)Geode(Deutsch)

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 "géode"?
"géode" is spelled G-É-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ɔd\.
What does "géode" mean?
As a noun, "géode" means: Cavité rocheuse tapissée de cristaux et autres matières minérales.
How do you pronounce "géode"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "géode" is \ʒe.ɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "géode" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gâtez#91,760greed#91,748hijra#91,781gotti#91,741

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list