gardera

\ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\

/\ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\/ verb

The verdict

“gardera” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,890 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#16,890
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du futur de garder.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gardera vs garer
71% similar
gardera vs gardes
71% similar
gardera vs gardez
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gardera
PropertyValue
Headwordgardera
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,890
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gardera” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gardera lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gardera is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,890 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Troisième personne du singulier du futur de garder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gardera, with forms such as "agrdera", "gadrera", and "garddera". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "garer", "gardes", "gardez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gardera, spelled G-A-R-D-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du futur de garder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrdera,gadrera,garddera,gardear,garderra,gardrea,garedra,garrdera,ggardera,gradera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gardera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agrdera2gadrera2garddera1gardear2garderra1gardrea2garedra2garrdera1
Edit distance from "gardera"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gardera"?
"gardera" is spelled G-A-R-D-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\.
What does "gardera" mean?
As a verb, "gardera" means: Troisième personne du singulier du futur de garder.
What words are commonly confused with "gardera"?
"gardera" is commonly confused with "garer", "gardes", "gardez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gardera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gardera" is \ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gardera" come from?
"gardera" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “gardera”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-D-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “garer” - see the side-by-side comparison. gardera vs garer
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list