Giverny

\ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\

/\ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\/ name

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The verdict

“Giverny” is uncommon French (frequency #61,564 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,564
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-giverny · Giverny · French

Giverny · rank #61,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Giorgi

Nearest frequency peer: Giorgi (-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 « Giverny »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Giverny » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Giverny
PropertyValue
HeadwordGiverny
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Giverny » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Givernytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Giorgi » (#61,563), « Gizeh » (#61,565), « ghanéenne » (#61,562). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Giverny » est au #61,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Giverny is uncommon French at frequency #61,564 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.".

Giverny doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Giverny, spelled G-I-V-E-R-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Giverny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans le département de l’Eure, le musée des impressionnismes Giverny (Mdig) célèbre cette révolution picturale dont la ville est le berceau.

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 "Giverny"?
"Giverny" is spelled G-I-V-E-R-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\.
What does "Giverny" mean?
As a proper noun, "Giverny" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
How do you pronounce "Giverny"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Giverny" is \ʒi.vɛʁ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Giverny" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Giverny", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glisses#61,567ganache#61,554griffer#61,577grêlons#61,581

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list