gerade
\ɡəˈʀaːdə\
The verdict
“gerade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit, qui n'est pas courbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gerade · gerade · French
gerade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gerade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡəˈʀaːdə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gerade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gerade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡəˈʀaːdə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gerade has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gerade, spelled G-E-R-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Droit, qui n'est pas courbe.
- 2Pair.
- 3Droit, honnête, intègre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gerade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die gerade Linie ist die kürzeste Verbindung zwischen zwei Punkten.
Beinah rechteckiges Gesicht. Dunkle, gerade Augen, aber vorspringender Kiefer. Die große Nase ist ebenmäßig. Sehr kurz geschnittenes schwarzes Haar. Der Mund ist geschwungen, die Lippen sind voll und fast immer zusammengepresst.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.