gérondif
\ʒe.ʁɔ̃.dif\
The verdict
“gérondif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En latin, forme verbale dérivée de l’infinitif qui sert à décliner l’infinitif substantivé aux autres cas que le nominatif et l’accusatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gerondif · gérondif · French
gérondif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | gérondif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ʁɔ̃.dif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gérondif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gérondif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒe.ʁɔ̃.dif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gérondif, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 gérondif, spelled G-É-R-O-N-D-I-F.
Definition
- 1En latin, forme verbale dérivée de l’infinitif qui sert à décliner l’infinitif substantivé aux autres cas que le nominatif et l’accusatif.
- 2Forme verbale utilisant le participe présent qui permet d’exprimer la simultanéité de deux actions, et mettant le verbe au gérondif en situation de complément circonstanciel, de manière, de cause, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gérondif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gérondif génitif de amare est amandi.
Je fis un si grand éclat de rire qu’il me fallut copier, jusqu’au gérondif, quatre verbes qui, de plus, étaient déponents.
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.