gillon
\ʒi.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“gillon” is uncommon French (frequency #95,956 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,956
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des noms vulgaires du gui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gillon · gillon · French
gillon · rank #95,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,956
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gicleurs
Nearest frequency peer: gicleurs (-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 « gillon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- genrée
genrée
4,049 corpus weight
- gera
gera
4,048 corpus weight
- gicleurs
gicleurs
4,046 corpus weight
- gillon
gillon
4,045 corpus weight
- gimmicks
gimmicks
4,044 corpus weight
- girolles
girolles
4,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gillon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gillon is uncommon French at frequency #95,956 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des noms vulgaires du gui.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gillon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gillon, spelled G-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Un des noms vulgaires du gui.
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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