guenille
\ɡə.nij\
The verdict
“guenille” 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) - Haillon, chose sans valeur, sans importance, méprisable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guenille · guenille · French
guenille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | guenille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡə.nij\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guenille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guenille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡə.nij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for guenille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 guenille, spelled G-U-E-N-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Haillon, chose sans valeur, sans importance, méprisable.
- 2Chose méprisable et sans valeur.
- 3Individu méprisable, vaurien.
- 4Appellation faussement insultante adressée à un enfant.
- 5Vêtement misérable en lambeaux.
- 6Sorte de longs poils plus ou moins feutrés ou crasseux que portent certaine races de mules et de baudets.
- 7Torchon, chiffon, débarbouillette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guenille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon lui, le corps est une guenille dont il est honteux de s’occuper.
Il n’a pas une guenille au cul qu’il ait gagnée par lui-même. Qu’il y vienne, vous verrez si je sais faire foutre le camp aux maquereaux !
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.