guéguerre
\ɡe.ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“guéguerre” is uncommon French (frequency #66,777 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,777
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit conflit, débat sans importance, démêlé mineur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gueguerre · guéguerre · French
guéguerre · rank #66,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,777
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH guéries
Nearest frequency peer: guéries (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « guéguerre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Guelma
Guelma
33,227 corpus weight
- gueulait
gueulait
33,226 corpus weight
- guéguerre
guéguerre
33,224 corpus weight
- guéries
guéries
33,223 corpus weight
- guêpier
guêpier
33,222 corpus weight
- Gy
Gy
33,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guéguerre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guéguerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡe.ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guéguerre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guéguerre is uncommon French at frequency #66,777 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡe.ɡɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit conflit, débat sans importance, démêlé mineur.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for guéguerre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 guéguerre, spelled G-U-É-G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Petit conflit, débat sans importance, démêlé mineur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guéguerre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au premier regard, tu as l’impression que c’est une petite guéguerre, pour élire celui qui aura la plus belle voiture.
La guéguerre ne s'arrêtera pas, même après l'adoption de la loi Travail, car dans le viseur des frondeurs, il y a la présidentielle.
Synonyms
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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.
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