garde-corps
\ɡaʁd(ə).kɔʁ\
The verdict
“garde-corps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barrière destinée à empêcher de tomber, garde-fou (balcon, pont, terrasse, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index FR-garde-corps · garde-corps · French
garde-corps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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-corps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁd(ə).kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « garde-corps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
garde-corps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁd(ə).kɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
garde-corps has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 garde-corps, spelled G-A-R-D-E---C-O-R-P-S.
Definition
- 1Barrière destinée à empêcher de tomber, garde-fou (balcon, pont, terrasse, etc.)
- 2Balustrade qui garnit les bords d’un navire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how garde-corps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsque l'extrémité supérieure d'une échelle aboutit au bord d'une plate-forme ses montants seront prolongés d'une hauteur de 1 m et la crinoline sera prolongée jusqu'à la hauteur du garde-corps de cette plate-forme.
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.