de guingois
\də ɡɛ̃.ɡwa\
The verdict
“de guingois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De travers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-guingois · de guingois · French
de guingois · 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 "D" 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 | de guingois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də ɡɛ̃.ɡwa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de guingois” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
de guingois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də ɡɛ̃.ɡwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
de guingois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is de guingois, spelled D-E- -G-U-I-N-G-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1De travers.
- 2Tordu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de guingois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sitôt que l’ours sentit la pierre, et aperçut Vendredi, il se retourna, et s’avança vers lui en faisant de longues et diaboliques enjambées, marchant tout de guingois et d’une si étrange allure, qu’il aurait fait prendre à un cheval le petit galop.
Le pli du falzar est impeccable, les godasses sont cirées et le nœud de cravate à peine de guingois.
This word in other languages
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