gardienne
\ɡaʁ.djɛn\
The verdict
“gardienne” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,760 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,760
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gardienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.djɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gardienne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gardienne is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡaʁ.djɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,760 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gardienne, with forms such as "agrdienne", "gadrienne", and "garddienne". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "garenne", "gardiens", "gardiennes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gardienne, spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
- 2Celle qui protège ou qui est commise pour protéger quelque chose.
- 3Celle qui assure la garde de quelque chose, qui est chargée de veiller à sa conservation.
- 4Gardienne de but.
- 5Celle qui est payée par les parents pour garder les enfants en leur absence pour une courte durée (en général quelques heures).
- 6La femme mariée.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agrdienne,gadrienne,garddienne,gardeinne,gardiene,gardienen,gardinene,garidenne,garrdienne,ggardienne,gradienne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gardienne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “gardienne”
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-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡaʁ.djɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “garenne” - see the side-by-side comparison. gardienne vs garenne
- 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.