Gesù
\d͡ʒe.ˈzu\
The verdict
“Gesù” is uncommon French (frequency #63,023 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,023
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jésus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gesu · Gesù · French
Gesù · rank #63,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,023
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gershwin
Nearest frequency peer: Gershwin (-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 « Gesù »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gentrificat…
gentrification
36,981 corpus weight
- genêt
genêt
36,980 corpus weight
- Gershwin
Gershwin
36,979 corpus weight
- Gesù
Gesù
36,978 corpus weight
- Gingras
Gingras
36,976 corpus weight
- glabres
glabres
36,975 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gesù » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesù |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \d͡ʒe.ˈzu\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gesù » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gesù is uncommon French at frequency #63,023 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \d͡ʒe.ˈzu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jésus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gesù in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Gesù, spelled G-E-S-Ù.
Definition
- 1Jésus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gesù appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gesù Cristo.
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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