gardais

\ɡaʁ.dɛ\

/\ɡaʁ.dɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“gardais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,899
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de garder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gardais · gardais · French

gardais · rank #42,899 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,899
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gaufre

Nearest frequency peer: gaufre (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gardais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gardais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gardais vs gardes
71% similar
gardais vs garnis
71% similar
gardais vs gardant
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gardais
PropertyValue
Headwordgardais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡaʁ.dɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,899
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gardais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gardaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gaufre » (#42,900), « fétichiste » (#42,897), « gault » (#42,901). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gardais » est au #42,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gardais (IPA \ɡaʁ.dɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,899 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gardais, with forms such as "agrdais", "gadrais", and "garadis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gardes", "garnis", "gardant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gardais, spelled G-A-R-D-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de garder.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de garder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrdais
  • gadrais
  • garadis
  • gardaiss
  • gardasi
  • garddais
  • gardias
  • garrdais
  • ggardais
  • gradais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gardais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agrdais2gadrais2garadis2gardaiss1gardasi2garddais1gardias2garrdais1
Edit distance from "gardais"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gardais"?
"gardais" is spelled G-A-R-D-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁ.dɛ\.
What does "gardais" mean?
As a verb, "gardais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de garder.
What words are commonly confused with "gardais"?
"gardais" is commonly confused with "gardes", "garnis", "gardant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gardais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gardais" is \ɡaʁ.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gardais" come from?
"gardais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gardais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gauvain#42,903Fuentes#42,894Fourest#42,886fouette#42,885

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Fécamp10 variantsglissade10 variantsfleuret10 variantsheurtée10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list