garder
\ɡaʁ.de\
The verdict
“garder” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,113
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veiller ou surveiller étroitement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garder · garder · French
garder · rank #1,113 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,113
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH expliquer
Nearest frequency peer: expliquer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “garder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- David
David
98,891 corpus weight
- Espagne
Espagne
98,890 corpus weight
- expliquer
expliquer
98,889 corpus weight
- garder
garder
98,888 corpus weight
- généralement
généralement
98,887 corpus weight
- historique
historique
98,886 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “garder” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “garder” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around garder (IPA \ɡaʁ.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,113 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for garder, with forms such as "agrder", "gadrer", and "gardder". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gare", "gares", "garer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is garder, spelled G-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Veiller ou surveiller étroitement.
- 2Préserver de toute atteinte, de tout danger.
- 3Entre fiancés, s’abstenir de toutes relations à caractère sexuel avant le mariage.
- 4Retenir en sa possession.
- 5Retenir quelqu’un auprès de soi.
- 6Ne pas quitter.
- 7Mettre de côté, en réserve, conserver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrairement à ses frères, […], qui marchaient dans les pas de leur géniteur, Michele ne se voyait pas toute sa vie garder les chèvres et les mulets, […].
Garder un retranchement, une position.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agrder
- gadrer
- gardder
- garderr
- gardre
- garedr
- garrder
- ggarder
- grader
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garder - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "garder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "garder". Here's where to go from here.
- "garder" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gare". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,113 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.