garde-note
\ɡaʁd.nɔt\
The verdict
“garde-note” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné sous l’Ancien Régime à la personne qui exerçait certaines des fonctions d’un notaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garde-note · garde-note · French
garde-note · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-note |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁd.nɔt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « garde-note » en français
Rare enough to double-check
garde-note is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁd.nɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
garde-note has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is garde-note, spelled G-A-R-D-E---N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné sous l’Ancien Régime à la personne qui exerçait certaines des fonctions d’un notaire.
- 2Notaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how garde-note appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ceux qui ont voyagé par les sentiers étroits, mêlés, croisés, qui se coupent, qui se bifurquent, qui se replient sur les landes du pays de Redon, comme le volumineux et bizarre paraphe d’un garde-notes de l’ancien régime, on pu rencontrer parfois le vieux Jobin de Guer, que les bonnes gens de l’Ille-et-Vilaine appellent indifféremment Job-Misère ou Job le…
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.