Géricault
\ʒe.ʁi.ko\
The verdict
“Géricault” is uncommon French (frequency #69,136 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,136
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille attesté en France ^([Ins]), surtout connu via le peintre Théodore Géricault.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gericault · Géricault · French
Géricault · rank #69,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,136
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géraniums
Nearest frequency peer: géraniums (-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 « Géricault »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- guenilles
guenilles
30,869 corpus weight
- géodésie
géodésie
30,868 corpus weight
- géostratégi…
géostratégique
30,867 corpus weight
- géraniums
géraniums
30,866 corpus weight
- Géricault
Géricault
30,865 corpus weight
- Hauterive
Hauterive
30,864 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Géricault » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Géricault |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ʁi.ko\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Géricault » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Géricault is uncommon French at frequency #69,136 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒe.ʁi.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille attesté en France ^([Ins]), surtout connu via le peintre Théodore Géricault.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Géricault, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Géricault, spelled G-É-R-I-C-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille attesté en France ^([Ins]), surtout connu via le peintre Théodore Géricault.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Géricault appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi eux, une toile de Géricault, Vingt-et-une Croupes de chevaux à l’écurie, est estimée entre 400 000 € et 600 000 € .
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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