chien de garde
\ʃjɛ̃ də ɡaʁd\
The verdict
“chien de garde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chien dressé pour garder un lieu, dont le rôle est de veiller sur une maison, une propriété.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chien de garde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɛ̃ də ɡaʁd\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chien de garde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chien de garde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃjɛ̃ də ɡaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chien de garde, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chien de garde, spelled C-H-I-E-N- -D-E- -G-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Chien dressé pour garder un lieu, dont le rôle est de veiller sur une maison, une propriété.
- 2Personne ou entité qui veille sur quelque chose.
- 3Personnage médiatique (journaliste, éditorialiste…) mettant sa notoriété au service de l'ordre établi.
- 4Horloge de surveillance, registre d’horloge qui surveille l’état d’un signal ou d’une unité fonctionnelle afin de déceler les périodes d’inactivité ou les temps de réponse qui dépassent une durée spécifiée. Termes et définition normalisés par l’ISO/CÉI 2382-14:1997.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chien de garde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-E-N- -D-E- -G-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃjɛ̃ də ɡaʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.