geôle
\ʒol\
The verdict
“geôle” is uncommon French (frequency #61,561 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,561
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-geole · geôle · French
geôle · rank #61,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,561
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH ghanéenne
Nearest frequency peer: ghanéenne (+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 « geôle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gastéropodes
gastéropodes
38,443 corpus weight
- gaya
gaya
38,442 corpus weight
- geôle
geôle
38,440 corpus weight
- ghanéenne
ghanéenne
38,439 corpus weight
- Giorgi
Giorgi
38,438 corpus weight
- Giverny
Giverny
38,437 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « geôle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geôle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒol\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « geôle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
geôle is uncommon French at frequency #61,561 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for geôle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 geôle, spelled G-E-Ô-L-E.
Definition
- 1Prison.
- 2Endroit comparable à une prison par certains aspects, avec plus ou moins d'exagération.
- 3La demeure du geôlier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geôle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… et, un beau soir, il jura ses grands dieux qu’il le fourrerait en geôle à la première escapade.
Cette nouvelle geôle n’était guère moins fâcheuse que la précédente.
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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