girly

\ɡœʁ.li\

/\ɡœʁ.li\/ adj

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The verdict

“girly” is uncommon French (frequency #66,759 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,759
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Correspondant bien à une image liée traditionnellement aux filles.

Key facts for girly
PropertyValue
Headwordgirly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡœʁ.li\
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “girly” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). girly lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

girly is uncommon French at frequency #66,759 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡœʁ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Correspondant bien à une image liée traditionnellement aux filles.".

No misspelling variants are generated for girly in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is girly, spelled G-I-R-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Correspondant bien à une image liée traditionnellement aux filles.

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 "girly"?
"girly" is spelled G-I-R-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡœʁ.li\.
What does "girly" mean?
As an adjective, "girly" means: Correspondant bien à une image liée traditionnellement aux filles.
How do you pronounce "girly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "girly" is \ɡœʁ.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "girly" come from?
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Using “girly”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-I-R-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡœʁ.li\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list