Gergovie

\ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\

/\ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\/ name

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gergovie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gergovie
PropertyValue
HeadwordGergovie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Gergovie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gergovietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « gendarmeries » (#93,811), « germées » (#93,813), « giflée » (#93,814). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gergovie » est au #93,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Ville de la Gaule antique.
  2. 2
    Village français dans la commune de La Roche-Blanche dans le Puy-de-Dôme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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…
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gergovie"?
"Gergovie" is spelled G-E-R-G-O-V-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\.
What does "Gergovie" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gergovie" means: Ville de la Gaule antique.
How do you pronounce "Gergovie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gergovie" is \ʒɛʁ.ɡo.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list