Getafe
\ʁe.ta.fe\
The verdict
“Getafe” is uncommon French (frequency #56,614 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,614
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province et Communauté autonome de Madrid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-getafe · Getafe · French
Getafe · rank #56,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,614
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gavent
Nearest frequency peer: gavent (-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 « Getafe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fuyons
fuyons
43,390 corpus weight
- fédérées
fédérées
43,389 corpus weight
- gavent
gavent
43,388 corpus weight
- Getafe
Getafe
43,387 corpus weight
- Ghouta
Ghouta
43,386 corpus weight
- gier
gier
43,385 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Getafe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Getafe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.ta.fe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Getafe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Getafe is uncommon French at frequency #56,614 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁe.ta.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province et Communauté autonome de Madrid.".
Getafe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Getafe, spelled G-E-T-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province et Communauté autonome de Madrid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Getafe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Getafe, le Barça a mal débuté son marathon pour la défense de son titre en Liga (0-0).
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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