gardien de zoo
\ɡaʁ.djɛ̃ də zo\
The verdict
“gardien de zoo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Responsable de la garde des animaux, du gardiennage des enclos et des bâtiments, et de la surveillance du public, au sein des zoos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gardien de zoo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.djɛ̃ də zo\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gardien de zoo” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gardien de zoo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.djɛ̃ də zo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Responsable de la garde des animaux, du gardiennage des enclos et des bâtiments, et de la surveillance du public, au sein des zoos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gardien de zoo, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gardien de zoo, spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N- -D-E- -Z-O-O.
Definition
- 1Responsable de la garde des animaux, du gardiennage des enclos et des bâtiments, et de la surveillance du public, au sein des zoos.
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 “gardien de zoo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-R-D-I-E-N- -D-E- -Z-O-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁ.djɛ̃ də zo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.