Gibraltar

\ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\

/\ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Gibraltar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,281
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni, situé en Europe du sud-ouest, qui forme une péninsule au sud de l’Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gibraltar · Gibraltar · French

Gibraltar · rank #22,281 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,281
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH globules

Nearest frequency peer: globules (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gibraltar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Gibraltar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gibraltar
PropertyValue
HeadwordGibraltar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,281
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gibraltar »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gibraltarse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « globules » (#22,282), « galant » (#22,279), « gnu » (#22,283). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gibraltar » est au #22,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gibraltar (IPA \ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,281 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gibraltar, with forms such as "gbiraltar", "ggibraltar", and "gibarltar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Gibraltar, spelled G-I-B-R-A-L-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni, situé en Europe du sud-ouest, qui forme une péninsule au sud de l’Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar.
  2. 2
    Autorités gouvernant ce territoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut bien que la Grande-Bretagne s’y résigne ; sous un rapport, Gibraltar est perdu pour elle. Cette précieuse conquête ne sera plus dans ses mains qu’un poste militaire, une forteresse; comme bazar, comme marché public, elle va cesser d’être.
  2. Un steamer en partance emporta la missive du caïd Maclean à Tanger, d’où la légation d’Angleterre la transmit par le télégraphe à Gibraltar et au Foreign Office.

This word in other languages

Gibraltar(English)Gibraltar(Español)Gibraltar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gbiraltar
  • ggibraltar
  • gibarltar
  • gibbraltar
  • gibralatr
  • gibralltar
  • gibraltarr
  • gibraltra
  • gibralttar
  • gibratlar
  • gibrlatar
  • gibrraltar
  • girbaltar
  • igbraltar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gibraltar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gbiraltar2ggibraltar1gibarltar2gibbraltar1gibralatr2gibralltar1gibraltarr1gibraltra2
Edit distance from "Gibraltar"

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 "Gibraltar"?
"Gibraltar" is spelled G-I-B-R-A-L-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\.
What does "Gibraltar" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gibraltar" means: Territoire dépendant du Royaume-Uni, situé en Europe du sud-ouest, qui forme une péninsule au sud de l’Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar.
What are common misspellings of "Gibraltar"?
Common misspellings include "gbiraltar", "ggibraltar", "gibarltar", "gibbraltar", "gibralatr". The correct spelling is "Gibraltar".
How do you pronounce "Gibraltar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gibraltar" is \ʒi.bʁal.taʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gibraltar" come from?
"Gibraltar" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list