gésier
\ʒe.zje\
The verdict
“gésier” is uncommon French (frequency #91,764 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,764
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le second ventricule de certains oiseaux qui se nourrissent de grains, comme les poules, les pigeons, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gesier · gésier · French
gésier · rank #91,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,764
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géostratégiqu…
Nearest frequency peer: géostratégiques (-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 « gésier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gélatineuse
gélatineuse
8,240 corpus weight
- géode
géode
8,239 corpus weight
- géostratégi…
géostratégiques
8,238 corpus weight
- gésier
gésier
8,237 corpus weight
- hallucinée
hallucinée
8,236 corpus weight
- handling
handling
8,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gésier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gésier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.zje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gésier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gésier is uncommon French at frequency #91,764 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.zje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gésier in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gésier, spelled G-É-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Le second ventricule de certains oiseaux qui se nourrissent de grains, comme les poules, les pigeons, etc.
- 2Estomac.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gésier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plupart des oiseaux ne peuvent pas mastiquer leur nourriture et le gésier renferme des gastrolithes (des petits cailloux ingérés, les pierres du gésier, du gravier) responsables du broyage de ce qui est ingéré.
- Il n'est pas rare de trouver des cailloux dans un gésier, ces cailloux sont nommés gastrolithes et aident au broyage des aliments.
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.
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