guard

\ɡɑː(r)d\

/\ɡɑː(r)d\/ noun

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The verdict

“guard” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,087
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gardien (guard over prisoners).

Corpus desk

Index FR-guard · guard · French

guard · rank #45,087 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,087
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH guetteur

Nearest frequency peer: guetteur (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « guard »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « guard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

guard vs guay
60% similar
guard vs guère
60% similar
guard vs guéri
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for guard
PropertyValue
Headwordguard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑː(r)d\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,087
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « guard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).guardse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « guetteur » (#45,088), « groupies » (#45,085), « gut » (#45,089). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guard » est au #45,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around guard (IPA \ɡɑː(r)d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,087 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for guard, with forms such as "gaurd", "gguard", and "guadr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "guay", "guère", "guéri", 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. The correct French form is guard, spelled G-U-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gardien (guard over prisoners).
  2. 2
    Garde.
  3. 3
    Contrôleur d'un train, responsable pour les freins, les annonces, etc.
  4. 4
    Garde

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how guard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Officer of the guard.
  2. The guard blew his whistle and the train moved off.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gaurd
  • gguard
  • guadr
  • guardd
  • guarrd
  • gurad
  • ugard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gaurd2gguard1guadr2guardd1guarrd1gurad2ugard2
Edit distance from "guard"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guard"?
"guard" is spelled G-U-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑː(r)d\.
What does "guard" mean?
As a noun, "guard" means: Gardien (guard over prisoners).
What words are commonly confused with "guard"?
"guard" is commonly confused with "guay", "guère", "guéri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guard" is \ɡɑː(r)d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guard" come from?
"guard" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

graff#45,082Hivon#45,098horst#45,100huard#45,102

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Gillot7 variantsflute7 variantskiwis7 variantsKumar7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list