garder le cap
\ɡaʁ.de lə kap\
The verdict
“garder le cap” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Continuer dans la même direction.
| 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) |
Where “garder le cap” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for garder le cap is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡaʁ.de lə kap\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “garder le cap”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-D-E-R- -L-E- -C-A-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁ.de lə kap\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.