Gardine
[ɡaʁˈdiːnə]
The verdict
“Gardine” is uncommon German (frequency #72,447 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,447
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gardine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaʁˈdiːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gardine” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gardine is uncommon German at frequency #72,447 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʁˈdiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gardine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gardine, spelled G-A-R-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gardine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-A-R-D-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.