Gonçalo
The verdict
“Gonçalo” is uncommon French (frequency #91,739 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,739
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-goncalo · Gonçalo · French
Gonçalo · rank #91,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,739
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gorgias
Nearest frequency peer: Gorgias (+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 « Gonçalo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ghazal
ghazal
8,266 corpus weight
- Gonçalo
Gonçalo
8,262 corpus weight
- Gorgias
Gorgias
8,261 corpus weight
- gotti
gotti
8,260 corpus weight
- goudronnées
goudronnées
8,258 corpus weight
- graduations
graduations
8,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gonçalo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gonçalo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gonçalo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gonçalo is uncommon French at frequency #91,739 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gonçalo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Gonçalo, spelled G-O-N-Ç-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gonçalo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gonçalo était habitué à tout à Benfica et, maintenant, il change de pays, de langue, de culture, pointe du doigt Joao Tralhao, ancien entraîneur historique des jeunes à Lisbonne.
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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