Gevrey
The verdict
“Gevrey” is uncommon French (frequency #75,726 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,726
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gevrey · Gevrey · French
Gevrey · rank #75,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,726
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gestuel
Nearest frequency peer: gestuel (-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 « Gevrey »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gestuel
gestuel
24,276 corpus weight
- Gevrey
Gevrey
24,275 corpus weight
- giglio
giglio
24,274 corpus weight
- glaire
glaire
24,272 corpus weight
- glorifiant
glorifiant
24,271 corpus weight
- glorifient
glorifient
24,270 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gevrey » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gevrey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gevrey » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gevrey is uncommon French at frequency #75,726 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gevrey in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Gevrey, spelled G-E-V-R-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gevrey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grâce à une mystérieuse source, Marc Tixador et Dominique Gevrey, chargés de l’enquête interne, « découvrent » que les deux hommes, ainsi qu’un troisième cadre de l’entreprise, Bertrand R., disposent de comptes abondamment garnis à l’étranger.
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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