Gérald

\ʒe.ʁald\

/\ʒe.ʁald\/ name

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The verdict

“Gérald” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,897
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gerald · Gérald · French

Gérald · rank #15,897 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,897
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH génériques

Nearest frequency peer: génériques (-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 « Gérald »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gérald » 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).

Gérald vs grand
50% similar
Gérald vs Gérard
83% similar
Gérald vs gérant
50% similar

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

Key facts for Gérald
PropertyValue
HeadwordGérald
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒe.ʁald\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,897
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gérald »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Géraldse 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 « génériques » (#15,896), « gérés » (#15,898), « gâche » (#15,895). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gérald » est au #15,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gérald (IPA \ʒe.ʁald\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,897 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gérald, with forms such as "gerald", "ggérald", and "gréald". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "grand", "Gérard", "gérant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Gérald, spelled G-É-R-A-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En raison de l’alerte rouge canicule du lundi 18 juillet, l’arrêt préfectoral interdisant la pratique du sport en intérieur a amené Gérald Kerscaven, juge-arbitre, à décaler les finales du samedi 23 au dimanche 24 juillet.
  2. Bon dernier de Ligue 1 avec seulement huit points et deux victoires, le SCO d’Angers a annoncé se séparer de son entraîneur, Gérald Baticle.

This word in other languages

Gerald(English)Geraldo(Español)Gerald(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gerald
  • ggérald
  • gréald
  • géarld
  • géradl
  • géraldd
  • géralld
  • gérlad
  • gérrald
  • égrald

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gérald - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gerald1ggérald1gréald2géarld2géradl2géraldd1géralld1gérlad2
Edit distance from "Gérald"

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 "Gérald"?
"Gérald" is spelled G-É-R-A-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ʁald\.
What does "Gérald" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gérald" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Gérald"?
"Gérald" is commonly confused with "grand", "Gérard", "gérant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gérald"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gérald" is \ʒe.ʁald\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gérald" come from?
"Gérald" 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 "Gérald", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fuyant#15,888fusées#15,887fuient#15,886envole#15,873

Similar misspelling depth

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

glamour10 variantsGervais10 variantsjuniors10 variantslaissées10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list