gosselinage

\ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\

/\ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“gosselinage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gosselinage · gosselinage · French

gosselinage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for gosselinage
PropertyValue
Headwordgosselinage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gosselinage » en français

gosselinagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gosselinage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfance.".

gosselinage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 gosselinage, spelled G-O-S-S-E-L-I-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gosselinage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La convoitise fait luire ses calots jaunis par un foie abonné, depuis son gosselinage, au cidre bouché et à la goutte.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gosselinage"?
"gosselinage" is spelled G-O-S-S-E-L-I-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\.
What does "gosselinage" mean?
As a noun, "gosselinage" means: Enfance.
How do you pronounce "gosselinage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gosselinage" is \ɡɔ.sə.li.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gosselinage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list