giglio
\ˈɡiʎ.ʎo\
The verdict
“giglio” is uncommon French (frequency #75,727 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,727
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-giglio · giglio · French
giglio · rank #75,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,727
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gevrey
Nearest frequency peer: Gevrey (-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 « giglio »
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 « giglio » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | giglio |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡiʎ.ʎo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « giglio » en français
Rare enough to double-check
giglio is uncommon French at frequency #75,727 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡiʎ.ʎo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for giglio in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is giglio, spelled G-I-G-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1Lis.
- 2Fleur de lys.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how giglio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partito dal filetto d’azzurro : il primo d’oro, alla croce piana d’azzurro ; il secondo d’oro, ai sei gigli d’azzurro, posti 3, 2, 1, della Provincia di Parma
stemma con 6 gigli
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).