gracilis
\ˈɡɾa.ki.lis\
The verdict
“gracilis” is uncommon French (frequency #96,976 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,976
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étroit (sentier).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gracilis · gracilis · French
gracilis · rank #96,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,976
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gonflette
Nearest frequency peer: gonflette (-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 « gracilis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- godiva
godiva
3,029 corpus weight
- gola
gola
3,027 corpus weight
- gonflette
gonflette
3,026 corpus weight
- gracilis
gracilis
3,025 corpus weight
- gravant
gravant
3,024 corpus weight
- GRH
GRH
3,023 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gracilis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gracilis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡɾa.ki.lis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gracilis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gracilis is uncommon French at frequency #96,976 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡɾa.ki.lis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
gracilis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gracilis, spelled G-R-A-C-I-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Étroit (sentier).
- 2Grêle, gracile, mince, menu, fluet, effilé, élancé, svelte
- 3Maigre, pauvre, chétif, misérable.
- 4Simple, sobre (style).
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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