avoir la guigne

verb

The verdict

“avoir la guigne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être très malchanceux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoir-la-guigne · avoir la guigne · French

avoir la guigne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for avoir la guigne
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir la guigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « avoir la guigne » en français

avoir la guignereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avoir la guigne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être très malchanceux.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for avoir la guigne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avoir la guigne, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -G-U-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être très malchanceux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how avoir la guigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Duchotel. — Ah ! non, j’ai la guigne !
  2. Le PSG a la guigne en LDC !

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avoir la guigne"?
"avoir la guigne" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-A- -G-U-I-G-N-E.
What does "avoir la guigne" mean?
As a verb, "avoir la guigne" means: Être très malchanceux.
What language does "avoir la guigne" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list