gendarmerie
/ˈʒɒn.dɑː.mə.ɹi/
"gendarmerie" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gendarmerie” is uncommon English (frequency #59,414 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,414
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gendarmerie · gendarmerie · English
gendarmerie · rank #59,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,414
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gayatri
Nearest frequency peer: Gayatri (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “gendarmerie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ganda
Ganda
40,590 corpus weight
- gawk
gawk
40,589 corpus weight
- Gayatri
Gayatri
40,588 corpus weight
- gendarmerie
gendarmerie
40,587 corpus weight
- Genoese
Genoese
40,586 corpus weight
- geodesic
geodesic
40,585 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gendarmerie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gendarmerie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʒɒn.dɑː.mə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gendarmerie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gendarmerie is uncommon English at frequency #59,414 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʒɒn.dɑː.mə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gendarmerie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French gendarmerie. The correct English form is gendarmerie, spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gendarmerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me.
Etymology
From French gendarmerie.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).