gardienne

/\ɡaʁ.djɛn\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,760

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

gardienne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose. Pronounced \ɡaʁ.djɛn\. Often confused with garenne and gardiens.

Key facts for gardienne
PropertyValue
Headwordgardienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaʁ.djɛn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,760
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gardienne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gardienne is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for gardienne, with forms such as "agrdienne", "gadrienne", and "garddienne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gardienne, spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Celle qui protège ou qui est commise pour protéger quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Celle qui assure la garde de quelque chose, qui est chargée de veiller à sa conservation.
  4. 4
    Gardienne de but.
  5. 5
    Celle qui est payée par les parents pour garder les enfants en leur absence pour une courte durée (en général quelques heures).
  6. 6
    La femme mariée.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agrdienne,gadrienne,garddienne,gardeinne,gardiene,gardienen,gardinene,garidenne,garrdienne,ggardienne,gradienne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gardienne

Misspelling Variants of "gardienne"

agrdienne9gadrienne9garddienne10gardeinne9gardiene8gardienen9gardinene9garidenne9
Misspelling Variants of "gardienne"

Frequency rank: #18,760 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gardienne"?
"gardienne" is spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁ.djɛn\.
What does "gardienne" mean?
As a noun, "gardienne" means: Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "gardienne"?
"gardienne" is commonly confused with "garenne", "gardiens", "gardiennes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gardienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gardienne" is \ɡaʁ.djɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gardienne" come from?
"gardienne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.