guenilles
\ɡə.nij\
The verdict
“guenilles” is uncommon French (frequency #69,132 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,132
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de guenille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guenilles · guenilles · French
guenilles · rank #69,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,132
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géodésie
Nearest frequency peer: géodésie (+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 « guenilles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- grassi
grassi
30,873 corpus weight
- guenilles
guenilles
30,869 corpus weight
- géodésie
géodésie
30,868 corpus weight
- géostratégi…
géostratégique
30,867 corpus weight
- géraniums
géraniums
30,866 corpus weight
- Géricault
Géricault
30,865 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guenilles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guenilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡə.nij\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guenilles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guenilles is uncommon French at frequency #69,132 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡə.nij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de guenille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for guenilles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is guenilles, spelled G-U-E-N-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de guenille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guenilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Victorin examina d’un œil défiant ce soi-disant ermite en pèlerinage, et vit un superbe modèle de ces moines napolitains dont les robes sont sœurs des guenilles du lazzarone, dont les sandales sont les haillons de cuir, comme le moine est lui-même un haillon humain.
Sac à guenilles : Sac où l’on ramassait les morceaux de linge usé, les chiffons, etc.
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); 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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