chien-guide
\ʃjɛ̃.ɡid\
The verdict
“chien-guide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chien dressé pour guider les aveugles, ou les personnes qui voient très mal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chien-guide · chien-guide · French
chien-guide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chien-guide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɛ̃.ɡid\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chien-guide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃjɛ̃.ɡid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chien dressé pour guider les aveugles, ou les personnes qui voient très mal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chien-guide in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chien-guide, spelled C-H-I-E-N---G-U-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Chien dressé pour guider les aveugles, ou les personnes qui voient très mal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chien-guide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi les participants, Jon Shweky, de confession juive, et Christine Cookman, catholique, ont amené leur labrador, qui doit devenir chien-guide pour aveugles.
Les chiens-guides d’aveugles peuvent circuler gratuitement sur tous les réseaux de transports.
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.