Gérone

\ʒe.ʁɔn\

/\ʒe.ʁɔn\/ name

The verdict

“Gérone” is uncommon French (frequency #50,251 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,251
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de Catalogne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gerone · Gérone · French

Gérone · rank #50,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,251
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH généralisés

Nearest frequency peer: généralisés (-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 « Gérone »

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 « Gérone » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gérone
PropertyValue
HeadwordGérone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒe.ʁɔn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Gérone » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Géronetombe 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: « généralisés » (#50,250), « hachés » (#50,252), « génitif » (#50,249). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gérone » est au #50,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gérone is uncommon French at frequency #50,251 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒe.ʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Gérone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Gérone, spelled G-É-R-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville de Catalogne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
  2. 2
    Province d’Espagne située autour de cette ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette entreprise familiale, fondée par les Alós-Pla, les fabrique depuis 1992 dans son atelier à Torroella de Montgri, près de Gérone.

This word in other languages

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 "Gérone"?
"Gérone" is spelled G-É-R-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.ʁɔn\.
What does "Gérone" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gérone" means: Ville de Catalogne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
How do you pronounce "Gérone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gérone" is \ʒe.ʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gérone" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list