fingard
\fɛ̃.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“fingard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rétif, têtu, en parlant d'un cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fingard · fingard · French
fingard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fingard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛ̃.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fingard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fingard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛ̃.ɡaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rétif, têtu, en parlant d'un cheval.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fingard in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fingard, spelled F-I-N-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Rétif, têtu, en parlant d'un cheval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fingard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cheval fingard. Une jument fingarde.
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.