Gergovie
\ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\
The verdict
“Gergovie” is uncommon French (frequency #93,812 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,812
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de la Gaule antique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gergovie · Gergovie · French
Gergovie · rank #93,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,812
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gendarmeries
Nearest frequency peer: gendarmeries (-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 « Gergovie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gass
Gass
6,193 corpus weight
- gendarmeries
gendarmeries
6,190 corpus weight
- Gergovie
Gergovie
6,189 corpus weight
- germées
germées
6,188 corpus weight
- giflée
giflée
6,187 corpus weight
- gili
gili
6,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gergovie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gergovie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gergovie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gergovie is uncommon French at frequency #93,812 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gergovie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Gergovie, spelled G-E-R-G-O-V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Ville de la Gaule antique.
- 2Village français dans la commune de La Roche-Blanche dans le Puy-de-Dôme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gergovie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là, dans le même but, un jeune Arverne très puissant, Vercingétorix, fils de Celtillos, qui avait tenu le premier rang dans la Gaule, et que sa cité avait fait mourir parce qu'il visait à la royauté, assemble ses clients et les échauffe sans peine. (2) Dès que l'on connaît son dessein, on court aux armes ; son oncle Gobannitio, et les autres chefs qui ne…
Où se trouve Alésia ? Gergovie, on ne sait pas ! Alésia non plus ! Alésia, ce serait Alise-Sainte-Reine en Côte-d'Or ; ou peut- être Chaux-des-Crotenay, ou bien Alaise-Salins en Franche-Comté ; et pourquoi pas Guillon, dans l'Yonne ?
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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