Glyph showcase
Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
g
gé
Contemporary
gé
Belongs to French Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
ʒ
Before front vowels e, i, y (soft G)
g
Before back vowels a, o, u, or before a consonant (hard G)
Ø
Silent when word-final after a nasal vowel (e.g., sang)
ɲ
As digraph 'gn', typically pronounced /ɲ/ (e.g., montagne)