gaudir
\ɡo.diʁ\
The verdict
“gaudir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se réjouir, manifester sa joie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gaudir · gaudir · French
gaudir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | gaudir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡo.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gaudir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gaudir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡo.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se réjouir, manifester sa joie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gaudir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gaudir, spelled G-A-U-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se réjouir, manifester sa joie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gaudir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le banquier vint donc interroger ce petit usurier pour savoir par quel hasard il se gaudissait.
Même quand il était mélancolique, c'était « d'une mélancolie douce… ». Il se remettait, au moindre propos, à sauter, à badiner, à gaudir et à rire
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.