gendarme
[xẽn̪ˈd̪aɾme]
The verdict
“gendarme” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,165
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agente armado policial.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gendarme |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xẽn̪ˈd̪aɾme] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gendarme” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gendarme (IPA [xẽn̪ˈd̪aɾme]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,165 among 17,549 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gendarme, with forms such as "egndarme", "gednarme", and "genadrme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gendarmes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is gendarme, spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Agente armado policial.
- 2Miembro de la Gendarmería de Francia.
- 3Miembro de la Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, cuerpo policial encargado del control de fronteras y de la protección de lugares estratégicos.
- 4Miembro de la Gendarmería de Chile, cuerpo encargado del trabajo en prisiones.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egndarme
- gednarme
- genadrme
- gendamre
- gendarem
- gendarmme
- gendarrme
- genddarme
- gendrame
- genndarme
- ggendarme
- gnedarme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gendarme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gendarme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-E-N-D-A-R-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xẽn̪ˈd̪aɾme] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gendarmes” - see the side-by-side comparison. gendarme vs gendarmes
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.