Gillespie
\ɡɪˈlɛspi\
The verdict
“Gillespie” is uncommon French (frequency #60,048 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,048
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gillespie · Gillespie · French
Gillespie · rank #60,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,048
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH germanophones
Nearest frequency peer: germanophones (-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 « Gillespie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Genus
Genus
39,957 corpus weight
- germanophon…
germanophones
39,954 corpus weight
- Gillespie
Gillespie
39,953 corpus weight
- gisent
gisent
39,952 corpus weight
- glaciales
glaciales
39,950 corpus weight
- GMC
GMC
39,949 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gillespie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gillespie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɪˈlɛspi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gillespie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gillespie is uncommon French at frequency #60,048 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡɪˈlɛspi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gillespie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Gillespie, spelled G-I-L-L-E-S-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gillespie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dizzy Gillespie.
Bobby Gillespie.
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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