garder le cap
\ɡaʁ.de lə kap\
The verdict
“garder le cap” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Continuer dans la même direction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-garder-le-cap · garder le cap · French
garder le cap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | garder le cap |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.de lə kap\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « garder le cap » en français
Rare enough to double-check
garder le cap is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡaʁ.de lə kap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
garder le cap has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is garder le cap, spelled G-A-R-D-E-R- -L-E- -C-A-P.
Definition
- 1Continuer dans la même direction.
- 2Poursuivre une action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garder le cap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bateau a gardé le cap.
Dans ces décombres, Alexis Tsipras s’est imposé comme un premier ministre courageux, qui a su affronter les vents adverses, face à Bruxelles mais aussi à ses propres partisans. Il a gardé le cap, même si ce fut au prix de spectaculaires volte-face idéologiques.
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.