audioguide
\o.djo.ɡid\
The verdict
“audioguide” is uncommon French (frequency #96,632 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,632
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - L’audioguide est un appareil audio portatif (un baladeur) que l'on peut louer, fournissant des commentaires/des explications sur les œuvres d’art d'un musée, les pièces d’un château, etc, comme le ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | audioguide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.djo.ɡid\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “audioguide” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
audioguide is uncommon French at frequency #96,632 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.djo.ɡid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for audioguide, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is audioguide, spelled A-U-D-I-O-G-U-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1L’audioguide est un appareil audio portatif (un baladeur) que l'on peut louer, fournissant des commentaires/des explications sur les œuvres d’art d'un musée, les pièces d’un château, etc, comme le ferait un vrai guide. Cet appareil est constitué de deux objets : la manette qui permet plusieurs fonctions, par exemple, le choix du commentaire, la langue, le volume, etc. et le casque audio, par l’intermédiaire duquel la personne reçoit l’information. L'audioguide peut être aussi une simple manette sur laquelle on règle les fonctions et que l'on porte ensuite à l'oreille pour écouter les commentaires; en somme comme un téléphone portable.
- 2L’audioguide est une application (app) téléchargeable et utilisable sur les nouveaux médias (smartphones, tablettes, etc.), qui permet l'écoute de commentaires sur les œuvres d'art, etc. lors d'une visite d'un musée, d'un monument historique, etc.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “audioguide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-D-I-O-G-U-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o.djo.ɡid\ (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.