Globus
\ˈɡloːbʊs\
The verdict
“Globus” is uncommon French (frequency #99,144 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,144
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Globe représentant un corps céleste, les étoiles, la Terre, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-globus · Globus · French
Globus · rank #99,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,144
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gineste
Nearest frequency peer: gineste (-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 « Globus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ghanem
Ghanem
859 corpus weight
- gineste
gineste
858 corpus weight
- Globus
Globus
857 corpus weight
- glomérulaire
glomérulaire
856 corpus weight
- glouglou
glouglou
855 corpus weight
- gobin
gobin
854 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Globus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Globus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɡloːbʊs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Globus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Globus is uncommon French at frequency #99,144 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɡloːbʊs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Globus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Globus, spelled G-L-O-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Globe représentant un corps céleste, les étoiles, la Terre, etc.
- 2Globe terrestre, la Terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Globus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Bibliothek gibt es einen uralten Globus.
Gegen Ende des Jahres 1898 besuchte der Leiter der Kartenabteilung der Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gabriel Marcel, das Schweizerische Landesmuseum in Zürich. Anlässlich von dessen Eröffnung - nur wenige Monate zuvor - hatte Marcel von einem Kollegen den Hinweis bekommen, dass sich in diesem Gebäude zwischen Limmat und Sihl ein ungewöhnlich grosser G…
Synonyms
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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