gmelin

noun

The verdict

“gmelin” is uncommon French (frequency #77,561 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,561
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante du genre Gmelina dans la famille des Verbénacées

Key facts for gmelin
PropertyValue
Headwordgmelin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gmelin” 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). gmelin lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

gmelin is uncommon French at frequency #77,561 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante du genre Gmelina dans la famille des Verbénacées".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gmelin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gmelin, spelled G-M-E-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante du genre Gmelina dans la famille des Verbénacées

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 "gmelin"?
"gmelin" is spelled G-M-E-L-I-N.
What does "gmelin" mean?
As a noun, "gmelin" means: Plante du genre Gmelina dans la famille des Verbénacées
What language does "gmelin" come from?
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Using “gmelin”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is G-M-E-L-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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