globulaire
\ɡlɔ.by.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“globulaire” is uncommon French (frequency #62,312 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,312
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un globe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-globulaire · globulaire · French
globulaire · rank #62,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,312
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH glo
Nearest frequency peer: glo (-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 « globulaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gigue
gigue
37,692 corpus weight
- glaives
glaives
37,691 corpus weight
- glo
glo
37,690 corpus weight
- globulaire
globulaire
37,689 corpus weight
- goûters
goûters
37,687 corpus weight
- gracieuses
gracieuses
37,686 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « globulaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | globulaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡlɔ.by.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « globulaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
globulaire is uncommon French at frequency #62,312 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡlɔ.by.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for globulaire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is globulaire, spelled G-L-O-B-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’un globe.
- 2Qui évoque la forme d’un globe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how globulaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les ollas d’époque califale sont des pièces globulaires à deux anses et fond convexe, présentant un décor incisé sur le haut de panse composé d’une ligne de stries parallèles et de vaguelettes (ollas 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
On assurait même que le conseil municipal des Andelys, après les doléances répétées de quelques notables ouvertement cocus, et terrorisés par la carrure, les biceps globulaires du sergent chef, avait demandé sa mutation dans une cité plus importante, et, par là, plus fournie en femmes de tout genre…
This word in other languages
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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