Gendarm
[ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]
The verdict
“Gendarm” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,258 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,258
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polizist auf dem Land
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gendarm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gendarm” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gendarm is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,258 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Polizist auf dem Land".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gendarm, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gendarm, spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M.
Definition
- 1Polizist auf dem Land
Synonyms
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 “Gendarm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-D-A-R-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.