Georges

\ʒɔʁʒ\

/\ʒɔʁʒ\/ name

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The verdict

“Georges” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,678
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saint Georges, saint chrétien du IVᵉ siècle, connu notamment comme sauroctone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-georges · Georges · French

Georges · rank #2,678 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,678
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH garçons

Nearest frequency peer: garçons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Georges »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Georges » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Georges vs gorge
57% similar
Georges vs gérés
29% similar
Georges vs gorges
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Georges
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeorges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒɔʁʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,678
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Georges »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Georgesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « garçons » (#2,677), « Harry » (#2,679), « fabrication » (#2,675). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Georges » est au #2,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Georges (IPA \ʒɔʁʒ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,678 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Georges, with forms such as "egorges", "geogres", and "georegs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "gorge", "gérés", "gorges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Georges, spelled G-E-O-R-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Saint Georges, saint chrétien du IVᵉ siècle, connu notamment comme sauroctone.
  2. 2
    Surnom du pilote automatique dans l’aviation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Saint Georges était autrefois le chevalier dont rêvaient les jeunes filles. Et vous savez que Juliette s’écria en voyant Roméo : « Vraiment, c’est un beau saint Georges ! »
  2. Brunet me la fait réaliser en automatique et je regarde « Georges » (surnom du pilote automatique) suivre fidèlement les indications du directeur de vol jusqu’à 200 pieds (60 mètres) de haut.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egorges
  • geogres
  • georegs
  • georgess
  • georgges
  • georgse
  • georrges
  • geroges
  • ggeorges
  • goerges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Georges - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egorges2geogres2georegs2georgess1georgges1georgse2georrges1geroges2
Edit distance from "Georges"

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 "Georges"?
"Georges" is spelled G-E-O-R-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔʁʒ\.
What does "Georges" mean?
As a proper noun, "Georges" means: Saint Georges, saint chrétien du IVᵉ siècle, connu notamment comme sauroctone.
What words are commonly confused with "Georges"?
"Georges" is commonly confused with "gorge", "gérés", "gorges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Georges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Georges" is \ʒɔʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Georges" come from?
"Georges" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garçons#2,677enlever#2,672niveaux#2,686prenant#2,690

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

décret10 variantsprénom10 variantschevaux10 variantsbanques10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list