gardienne d’enfants
\ɡaʁ.djɛn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\
The verdict
“gardienne d’enfants” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gardienne-d-enfants · gardienne d’enfants · French
gardienne d’enfants · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gardienne d’enfants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.djɛn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gardienne d’enfants is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.djɛn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gardienne d’enfants in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 gardienne d’enfants, spelled G-A-R-D-I-E-N-N-E- -D-’-E-N-F-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.
- 2Personne payée par les parents pour garder les enfants en leur absence pour une courte durée (en général quelques heures).
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.