garde-boutique
\ɡaʁd.bu.tik\
The verdict
“garde-boutique” 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) - Objet, marchandise, difficile à vendre, invendu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garde-boutique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁd.bu.tik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garde-boutique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
garde-boutique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁd.bu.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for garde-boutique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is garde-boutique, spelled G-A-R-D-E---B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Objet, marchandise, difficile à vendre, invendu.
- 2Martin-pêcheur (d’Europe).
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 “garde-boutique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-D-E---B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁd.bu.tik\ (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.