garçon
[ɡaʁsɔ̃]
The verdict
“garçon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein männliches Kind
Corpus desk
Index DE-garcon · garçon · German
garçon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garçon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaʁsɔ̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „garçon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
garçon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʁsɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for garçon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is garçon, spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1ein männliches Kind
- 2ein männlicher, direkter Nachkomme
- 3ein noch unverheirateter Mann
- 4ein Angestellter in der Gastronomie, dessen Aufgabe die Bedienung der Gäste ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garçon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est un garçon.
C'est mon garçon.
Synonyms
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.