Gethsémani

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The verdict

“Gethsémani” is uncommon French (frequency #97,995 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,995
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu situé au pied du mont des Oliviers, où Jésus a souffert toute une nuit sur le rocher de l’Agonie, avant son arrestation et sa condamnation à mort.

Key facts for Gethsémani
PropertyValue
HeadwordGethsémani
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,995
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gethsémani” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gethsémani lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gethsémani is uncommon French at frequency #97,995 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu situé au pied du mont des Oliviers, où Jésus a souffert toute une nuit sur le rocher de l’Agonie, avant son arrestation et sa condamnation à mort.".

Gethsémani doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gethsémani, spelled G-E-T-H-S-É-M-A-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu situé au pied du mont des Oliviers, où Jésus a souffert toute une nuit sur le rocher de l’Agonie, avant son arrestation et sa condamnation à mort.

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 "Gethsémani"?
"Gethsémani" is spelled G-E-T-H-S-É-M-A-N-I.
What does "Gethsémani" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gethsémani" means: Lieu situé au pied du mont des Oliviers, où Jésus a souffert toute une nuit sur le rocher de l’Agonie, avant son arrestation et sa condamnation à mort.
What language does "Gethsémani" come from?
"Gethsémani" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Gethsémani”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-E-T-H-S-É-M-A-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list