gesticulations

\ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“gesticulations” is uncommon French (frequency #65,970 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,970
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gesticulation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gesticulations · gesticulations · French

gesticulations · rank #65,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,970
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gears

Nearest frequency peer: gears (-2 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 « gesticulations »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gesticulations
PropertyValue
Headwordgesticulations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#65,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gesticulations » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « gears » (#65,968), « Givet » (#65,972), « gastronomes » (#65,967). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gesticulations » est au #65,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gesticulations is uncommon French at frequency #65,970 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gesticulation.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gesticulations in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gesticulations, spelled G-E-S-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gesticulation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les paroles et les gesticulations qui, hier, suscitaient l’enthousiasme, déclenchaient à présent les rires.

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 "gesticulations"?
"gesticulations" is spelled G-E-S-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "gesticulations" mean?
As a noun, "gesticulations" means: Pluriel de gesticulation.
How do you pronounce "gesticulations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesticulations" is \ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃\. 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 "gesticulations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list