gesta
\ʒɛ.sta\
The verdict
“gesta” is uncommon French (frequency #63,790 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,790
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom par lequel on désigne tous les mouvements que l’action musculaire communique au corps entier, ou seulement à quelques-unes de ses parties, ainsi que tous les mouvements étrangers auxquels le co...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gesta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛ.sta\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gesta” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gesta is uncommon French at frequency #63,790 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛ.sta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom par lequel on désigne tous les mouvements que l’action musculaire communique au corps entier, ou seulement à quelques-unes de ses parties, ainsi que tous les mouvements étrangers auxquels le co...".
gesta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gesta, spelled G-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Nom par lequel on désigne tous les mouvements que l’action musculaire communique au corps entier, ou seulement à quelques-unes de ses parties, ainsi que tous les mouvements étrangers auxquels le corps obéit (équitation, voiture, etc. ).
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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Using “gesta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɛ.sta\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.