garde-chiourme
\ɡaʁ.də.ʃjuʁm\
The verdict
“garde-chiourme” 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 September 3, 2026) - Celle ou celui qui surveille les galériens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garde-chiourme · garde-chiourme · French
garde-chiourme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | garde-chiourme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.də.ʃjuʁm\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « garde-chiourme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
garde-chiourme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.də.ʃjuʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for garde-chiourme, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 garde-chiourme, spelled G-A-R-D-E---C-H-I-O-U-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Celle ou celui qui surveille les galériens.
- 2Gardien de bagne ; gardien de prison.
- 3Personne brutale et bornée qui surveille une collectivité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garde-chiourme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rameurs et soldats sur une galère : les rameurs sont trois par rame. Le garde-chiourme excitait de son fouet les rameurs.
Le reste de l’équipage comprenait, outre les officiers qui étaient logés à la poupe, un garde chiourme avec deux aides (qui, de la coursive, incitaient les rameurs à nager à coups de fouet) et un contingent variable de soldats et de canonniers, répartis sur la rambarde et tout au long de celles-ci.
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.