gibelins
\ʒi.bə.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“gibelins” is uncommon French (frequency #80,247 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,247
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gibelin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gibelins · gibelins · French
gibelins · rank #80,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,247
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH goh
Nearest frequency peer: goh (+2 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 « gibelins »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- geel
geel
19,759 corpus weight
- gentillet
gentillet
19,757 corpus weight
- gibelins
gibelins
19,754 corpus weight
- goh
goh
19,752 corpus weight
- golfeuse
golfeuse
19,751 corpus weight
- gonflage
gonflage
19,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gibelins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gibelins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.bə.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gibelins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gibelins is uncommon French at frequency #80,247 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.bə.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de gibelin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gibelins, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gibelins, spelled G-I-B-E-L-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gibelin.
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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