giallo

\ˈd͡ʒal.lo\

/\ˈd͡ʒal.lo\/ adj

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The verdict

“giallo” is uncommon French (frequency #81,195 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,195
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De couleur jaune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-giallo · giallo · French

giallo · rank #81,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,195
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georgio

Nearest frequency peer: Georgio (-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 « giallo »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for giallo
PropertyValue
Headwordgiallo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈd͡ʒal.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « giallo » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).giallotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Georgio » (#81,194), « giovani » (#81,196), « geography » (#81,193). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « giallo » est au #81,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

giallo is uncommon French at frequency #81,195 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈd͡ʒal.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for giallo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is giallo, spelled G-I-A-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    De couleur jaune.
  2. 2
    Du genre policier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I pulcini sono gialli.
  2. La letteratura gialla.

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 "giallo"?
"giallo" is spelled G-I-A-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈd͡ʒal.lo\.
What does "giallo" mean?
As an adjective, "giallo" means: De couleur jaune.
How do you pronounce "giallo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "giallo" is \ˈd͡ʒal.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "giallo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "giallo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goblin#81,198fourme#81,175Halima#81,217fieffé#81,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list