avant-gardiste
\a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁ.dist\
The verdict
“avant-gardiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est à l'avant-garde, en avance sur son temps, à la pointe du progrès ou du savoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avant-gardiste · avant-gardiste · French
avant-gardiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avant-gardiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁ.dist\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avant-gardiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁ.dist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avant-gardiste, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avant-gardiste, spelled A-V-A-N-T---G-A-R-D-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est à l'avant-garde, en avance sur son temps, à la pointe du progrès ou du savoir.
- 2Non-conforme aux standards.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avant-gardiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si transition s'oppose fondamentalement à l'un des traits les plus saillants de la problématique avant-gardiste – la rupture –, elle se réclame en même temps de l’avant-gardisme en en réinvestissant les cadres rhétoriques.
Sur le plan littéraire, aussi bien que sur le plan existentiel, la double position de l'appartenance à l’avant-garde et de son dépassement, volontaire ou involontaire, constitue l'idée de base de notre étude. En effet, nous voulons démontrer que le cheminement littéraire de René Daumal part de la transgression des années avant-gardistes pour s'orienter ve…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.