gerbier
\ʒɛʁ.bje\
The verdict
“gerbier” is uncommon French (frequency #77,556 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,556
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meule de gerbes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gerbier · gerbier · French
gerbier · rank #77,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,556
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH germent
Nearest frequency peer: germent (+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 « gerbier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gekko
gekko
22,450 corpus weight
- gela
gela
22,449 corpus weight
- generis
generis
22,447 corpus weight
- gerbier
gerbier
22,445 corpus weight
- germent
germent
22,444 corpus weight
- gmelin
gmelin
22,440 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gerbier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gerbier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛʁ.bje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gerbier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gerbier is uncommon French at frequency #77,556 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛʁ.bje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meule de gerbes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gerbier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gerbier, spelled G-E-R-B-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Meule de gerbes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gerbier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'Gerbiers à toit mobile. — Afin d'abriter plus complétement une certaine quantité de gerbes dont on forme une espèce de meule, et d'éviter les frais de couverture de cette meule, on a inventé des ''gerbiers dont on élève le toit à mesure que l'on entasse les épis au-dessous. Ces gerbiers consistent en une plate-forme autour de laquelle sont fixés des pote…
On en était au gros gerbier, au gros qui dure six nuits et c’était mon équipe qui l’avait commencé.
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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