Gilda
\ˈd͡ʒil.da\
The verdict
“Gilda” is uncommon French (frequency #54,611 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,611
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gilda · Gilda · French
Gilda · rank #54,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,611
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH garrigues
Nearest frequency peer: garrigues (-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 « Gilda »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- garantira
garantira
45,393 corpus weight
- garrigues
garrigues
45,391 corpus weight
- Gilda
Gilda
45,390 corpus weight
- Gorée
Gorée
45,389 corpus weight
- gouda
gouda
45,388 corpus weight
- greffés
greffés
45,387 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gilda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gilda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈd͡ʒil.da\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gilda » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gilda is uncommon French at frequency #54,611 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈd͡ʒil.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gilda in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gilda, spelled G-I-L-D-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
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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