Golgotha
\ɡɔl.ɡo.ta\
The verdict
“Golgotha” is uncommon French (frequency #65,190 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,190
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colline de Jérusalem où Jésus a été crucifié, d’après les évangiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-golgotha · Golgotha · French
Golgotha · rank #65,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,190
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Goldoni
Nearest frequency peer: Goldoni (-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 « Golgotha »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glissières
glissières
34,815 corpus weight
- godasses
godasses
34,814 corpus weight
- Goldoni
Goldoni
34,812 corpus weight
- Golgotha
Golgotha
34,811 corpus weight
- gonades
gonades
34,810 corpus weight
- gou
gou
34,807 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Golgotha » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Golgotha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔl.ɡo.ta\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Golgotha » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Golgotha is uncommon French at frequency #65,190 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡɔl.ɡo.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Colline de Jérusalem où Jésus a été crucifié, d’après les évangiles.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Golgotha, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Golgotha, spelled G-O-L-G-O-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1Colline de Jérusalem où Jésus a été crucifié, d’après les évangiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Golgotha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’une main elle [la Mort] tient une faux comme un moissonneur ; de l’autre elle cache la seule blessure qu’elle ait jamais reçue, et que le Christ vainqueur lui porta dans le sein au sommet du Golgotha.
Quant à Gabin, il a plus l'air de descendre de la Courtille que du Golgotha, mais il s'en lave les pognes.
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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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