garder son sang-froid
\ɡaʁ.de sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\
The verdict
“garder son sang-froid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rester maître de soi ; ne pas se laisser déborder par les circonstances.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garder son sang-froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.de sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garder son sang-froid” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
garder son sang-froid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡaʁ.de sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for garder son sang-froid in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 son sang-froid, spelled G-A-R-D-E-R- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G---F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Rester maître de soi ; ne pas se laisser déborder par les circonstances.
- 2Garder sa présence d’esprit.
Synonyms
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 son sang-froid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-D-E-R- -S-O-N- -S-A-N-G---F-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁ.de sɔ̃ sɑ̃.fʁwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.